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passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2535: Statutes and Codification - As introduced, defines "life" for statutory construction purposes to mean the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death; excludes from the definition artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2615: Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail, and who employs at least six employees, from requiring a buyer to pay using credit for in-person transactions; requires a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail to accept legal tender when offered by the buyer as payment; violations treated as a prohibited practice under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 1840: Foster Care - As introduced, establishes a pilot program for five years to allow private entities to provide foster care services to qualifying children; requires the department of children's services to create a process for selecting children for the program; directs the pilot program to submit monthly reports to the state foster care review board; requires the comptroller to audit the program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2775: General Assembly - As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.

Deferred to Summer Study

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2334: Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, extends from five to 10 days the period by which a sheriff or sheriff's deputy must report the destruction of illegally manufactured alcohol or beer and related distilling or fermenting equipment and paraphernalia to the appropriate court within the county and to the alcoholic beverage commission. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2026: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires managed health insurance issuers that offer healthy benefit cards to demonstrate that the healthy benefit cards are accepted at all retail food establishments that meet certain criteria within a given geographic area. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2333: Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, adds the chairs of the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives to the list of officials to whom the Tennessee Wine and Grape Board must submit its annual report. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2372: Children - As introduced, requires a social media company to obtain parental consent before allowing a minor to create an account or access an already existing account; prohibits a social media company from using practices, designs, or features on the social media platform that the social media company knows or should know cause minors to develop an addiction to the social media platform. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2045: Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, increases from 10 days to 15 days, the time frame the commissioner of revenue must mail notice to the licensee's last known address, prior to a date set for hearing, giving them an opportunity to be heard before revoking their license to sell, distribute, or handle tobacco products. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 47 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2361: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits health carriers, health benefit plans, or utilization review organizations from using step therapy protocols as a basis to restrict, delay, or deny coverage for a prescription drug or drug regimen for the treatment of cancer and associated conditions if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2266: Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, clarifies that the preemption on local governments enacting new or additional development taxes after June 20, 2006, under the County Powers Relief Act applies only to residential development. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2545: Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives on the utilization of funds for the Tennessee job skills program, administered by the department of economic and community development, by February 1 annually. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee