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All 46,882 Active 14,572 In committee 13,959 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 1705: Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 1900: Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, requires the state to reimburse veterans with permanent and total disabilities for 100 percent of the local property taxes paid on their residences; removes the limitations that such reimbursement be a partial payment and that it be paid on the first $175,000 of the full market value of the residence. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-704.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 1761: Zoning - As introduced, prohibits counties and municipalities from adopting and enforcing regulations to prohibit gardening and raising limited numbers of chickens or rabbits at single-family residences. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 43.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 1763: TennCare - As introduced, extends, from February 1, to March 1, the annual date by which the bureau of TennCare and the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities are required to issue an annual joint report to the insurance committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on the status of the Katie Beckett program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2345: Election Laws - As introduced, removes the requirement that a registered voter be a bona fide member of, affiliated with, or declare allegiance to a political party in order to vote in a political party's primary election; removes the requirement that the officer of elections at each polling place post a sign stating that it is a crime to vote in a political party's primary election without being a bona fide member of, or affiliated with, that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2058: State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee State Sovereignty Act of 2024." - Amends TCA Title 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2515: Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide written and electronic notice to the employing company of a person appointed and commissioned as a state facility protection officer to provide facility security when the department no longer requires the service of such person. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68.

Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2056: Paternity - As introduced, specifies that if a man has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, then the man and the mother of the child born out of wedlock are legal parents of the child; specifies that the mother of a child born out of wedlock is the child's legal parent and has primary residential care and custody of the child absent an order of custody to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 36.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2726: Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2024 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the non-binding, advisory referendum, publish the results on the secretary of state's website, and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2867: Election Laws - As introduced, establishes automatic restoration of voting rights for people who complete their sentence; adds seditious conspiracy to list of offenses that make a person ineligible to register and vote. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 40 and Title 41.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2281: Real Property - As introduced, enacts the "Housing Optimization and Market Empowerment Solutions (HOMES) Act of 2024." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 27, 2024

SB 2239: Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes any local government in this state to create a land bank; authorizes a local government to post on its website, if available, a link to a state website or publication identifying surplus real property for sale or conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12, Chapter 2 and Title 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee