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in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 1250: District Attorneys - As introduced, establishes a new pay scale for assistant district attorney generals based upon the assistant's number of years of credible service as an assistant; reclassifies into the new pay scale those assistants hired before July 1, 1994, who have 20 years credible service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 1095: Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires the department of revenue to report the number and amount of franchise and excise tax credits and exemptions issued to privately owned air carriers, general aviation airports, and aeronautical facilities operated in this state. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 781: Public Defenders - As introduced, authorizes the president of the district public defenders conference to appoint members to the committee that is tasked with drafting recommended legislation for the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 16.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 825: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the criminal penalty for the sale or manufacture of fentanyl from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; reduces the criminal penalty by one classification for certain marijuana-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 1361: Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes Tennessee consolidated retirement system members who deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom to receive military service credit in TCRS for each day of deployment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 475: Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 1, 2018, on the impact of the treatment guidelines developed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-401, on the abuse of opioids in this state; the commissioner shall also make appropriate recommendations for any needed additional legislation to address issues raised by opioid abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Placed on cal. Health Committee for 5/9/2017

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 271: Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means to first calendar of 2018

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 1218: Welfare - As introduced, prohibits the department of human services from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing a federal waiver of work requirements for adults in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 97: Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to form a partnership with a national nonprofit education organization to increase the offerings of rigorous high school classes that prepare students for college and that provide college credit through examination; requires, subject to appropriations, the state to fund payment of college credit examination fees and career and technical certification or licensure examination fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 1330: Budget Procedures - As introduced, deletes requirements that budget document include personal income statement for calendar year 1977 and actual state appropriations for fiscal year 1977-1978. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5203.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 432: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates Class C felony offense of possessing a telecommunication device in a place where prisoners are housed if the device is used to facilitate coercing a juror or witness, escape, or a felony drug offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 39, Chapter 16.

Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means to first calendar of 2018

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 66: Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates $120 million from excess state tax revenues over-collected in fiscal year 2016-2017 to the department of transportation to be used for transportation road projects, $20 million of which is earmarked for state-aid roads. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee