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passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 18, 2024

SB 1716: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, requires that veterans and active military personnel be issued no-cost hunting permits and licenses that are required to participate in the waterfowl seasons during which only veterans and active military personnel may hunt. - Amends TCA Title 70.

Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 18, 2024

SB 2980: Tullahoma - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the election for the Board of Education aligns with the November general election; extends board members' terms from August, until a successor is elected and qualified; establishes a four-year term for board members; extends the terms of the three school board members elected on the first Thursday in August 2020 from the first Thursday in August 2024 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2024, or until their successors are elected and qualified; extends the terms of the two school board members elected on the first Tuesday in August 2021 from the first Thursday in August 2025 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, or until their successors are elected and qualified; extends the terms of the two school board members elected on the first Thursday in August 2022 from the first Thursday in August 2026 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, or until their successors are elected and qualified. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 18, 2024

SB 2607: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, deletes an obsolete reference for a person who possesses a Class I carnivore prior to July 1, 2015, and who continues to possess the animal on or after July 1, 2015, to have a compliant microchip implanted in the animal by July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 43; Title 44; Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 70.

Withdrawn.

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 18, 2024

SB 1649: Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As introduced, creates the Tennessee violence intervention program within the department's office of criminal justice programs to invest in evidence-based violence reduction initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 18, 2024

SB 2191: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, imposes an additional 15-percent tax on the retail sale of firearms; requires revenue from the firearms tax to be deposited into the K-12 mental health counselor fund to be administered by the department of education and used exclusively to provide school counselors in elementary and secondary public schools and public charter schools in this state and for mental health assessments and services for students pursuant to a school counselor's referral. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SR 174: General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -

Enrolled and ready for signatures

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 862: Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act." - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 526

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 1242: Health Care - As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 41 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 527

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 1730: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes, upon request, the department of revenue to issue lien-free salvage certificates of title to a salvage pool operator under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 2.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 528

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 287: Sexual Offenses - As enacted, adds offenses of continuous sexual abuse of a child committed on or after July 1, 2024, to the list of qualifying criminal misconduct that is sentenced to community supervision for life in addition to any other statutorily imposed punishment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 525

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 379: Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, standardizes the thresholds for competitive sealed bids for counties, municipalities, utility districts, local education agencies, and other local governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 3; Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2 and Title 54.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 513

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 15, 2024

SB 658: Real Property - As enacted, specifies that a seller of residential property is required to disclose the presence of a known sinkhole on the property prior to entering into a contract with a buyer regardless of whether the sinkhole is indicated through the contour lines on the property's recorded plat map. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 66.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 510