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passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2666: Board of Regents - As enacted, requires a Tennessee college of applied technology (TCAT) to reserve an enrollment slot for each dual enrollment student in the term immediately following the last term in which the student was enrolled in the TCAT as a dual enrollment student if space is available for the student at the TCAT in the program in which the student was previously enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 581

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2227: Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, allows the clerk of court to waive an in-person oath by a fiduciary if the fiduciary files with the clerk a written fiduciary oath that contains certain language and is sworn or affirmed by the fiduciary in the presence of a notary public or signed and dated under penalty of perjury; specifies certain language that a fiduciary oath must contain under various circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 582

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2776: Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires, subject to judicially recognized exceptions, all POST-certified officers to obtain a search warrant before entering private property that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2088: Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, expands the definition of "park operations" to include certain park facilities used in connection with fee-based recreational activities or intended to be revenue-generating; clarifies that the definition includes other boat rental facilities in addition to marinas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3, Part 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 578

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2393: Opioids - As introduced, shortens, from September 30 to September 15, the deadline in which opioid fund deposits, abatement strategies, and disbursement or expenses paid from the fund must be reported to executive and legislative branch officials. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 9; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 47; Title 53; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 68 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2878: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds first degree murder, second degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter to the offenses for which a defendant, who has been convicted of a violation that resulted in the death of a parent of a minor child, must pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2477: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes an attorney to carry a handgun in a building and room in which judicial proceedings are in progress if the attorney is present in furtherance of the attorney’s representation of a party with business before the court, is an enhanced handgun carry permit holder, and keeps the handgun concealed at all times. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2080: Controlled Substances - As enacted, removes obsolete references to federal law that pertain to the prescription of certain controlled substances. - Amends TCA Section 53-11-311 and Section 63-1-164.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 575

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2628: Licenses - As enacted, establishes qualifications for a person to receive a professional counselor license through a reciprocal agreement that this state has entered into on or before January 1, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 586

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2354: Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, clarifies that on or before January 31 of each year the department shall report information regarding child support to the general assembly and the governor. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SB 2748: Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving; requires a person who commits a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving to attend a driver education course; requires law enforcement to seize a person's vehicle upon a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 26, 2024

SR 194: Naming and Designating - Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, May 5-11, 2024 -

Enrolled and ready for signatures