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All 46,882 Active 15,109 In committee 14,466 Passed 6,752 Signed 22,203 Failed 2,813

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 1397: Courts - As introduced, requires all courts to report caseload data to the AOC monthly in such a manner that the data is received no later than the 20th day, instead of the 15th day, of the following month in which the case is filed or disposed. - Amends TCA Title 16.

P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 714: Wine & Wineries - As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture to include information on sustainable and organic farming techniques in information disseminated by the commissioner relative to winemaking. - Amends TCA Title 57.

P2C, ref. to State Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 977: Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits students enrolled in an apprentice training program to be eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship if the students meet all requirements for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 982: Medical Occupations - As introduced, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

P2C, ref. to Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 1144: Education - As introduced, limits the number of state-mandated assessments by grade and subject; converts student ACT scores into letter grade equivalents for purposes of calculating certain course grades. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 984: Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires a municipality seeking to dispose of all or substantially all of the electric plant of a municipal electric system to hold two public meetings in which certain information concerning the disposition is disclosed prior to a vote in an election approving the disposition. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 36, Part 1 and Title 7, Chapter 52.

P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 1136: Schools, Charter - As introduced, authorizes an achievement school district (ASD) operated charter school, operating for at least three years, to be operated by the state board of education if benchmarks agreed upon by the ASD and charter school in the original charter application are met. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 1033: Medical Occupations - As introduced, expands physician assistant training programs to include successor accrediting agencies to the committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19.

P2C, ref. to Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 1056: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires each board to notify the commissioner of finance and administration when the estimate of board fees for a fiscal year is more than the certified amount of board fees required by the board for that fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Finance, Ways & Means

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 15, 2017

HB 1022: Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, increases from 30 to 45 days the time period for a licensee to inform the board of medical examiners of an address change. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

P2C, ref. to Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 1020: Courts - As introduced, requires all courts to report caseload data to the AOC monthly in such a manner that the data is received no later than the 20th day, instead of the 15th day, of the following month in which the case is filed or disposed. - Amends TCA Title 16.

P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 15, 2017

SB 977: Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, to the extent authorized by federal law, requires the department to conduct background checks on an applicant's criminal history in the eight years, instead of seven years, prior to applying to a food program administered by the department to determine if anything in the criminal history would make the applicant's sponsoring organization ineligible to participate in the food program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

P2C, ref. to Health Committee