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

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2719: State Government - As introduced, requires persons to meet certain qualifications in order to be eligible for appointment as chief executive officer of an administrative department of state government; creates a mechanism for the removal of such officers for cause by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2335: Election Laws - As introduced, specifies that the notification to a registered voter who a county election commission has appointed to fill a vacant election official position must be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2396: Health Care - As introduced, requires gender clinics accepting funds from this state to perform gender transition procedures to also perform detransition procedures; requires insurance entities providing coverage of gender transition procedures to also cover detransition procedures; requires certain gender clinics and insurance entities to report information regarding detransition procedures to the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no motion

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2467: Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires a full-time state employee's annual compensation to be sufficient to disqualify the employee for state supplemental benefit or public assistance programs, including, but not limited to, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), and TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 50 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2397: Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, urges the department of health along with the department of agriculture to study the effects of the sale and distribution of vapor products to persons under 21 and make recommendations to the legislature with regard to reducing such sale and distribution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2414: Political Parties - As introduced, requires statewide political party candidates to be nominated for elective public office by primary election rather than under the rules of the party or by primary election, with limited exceptions for certain offices. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2575: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a merchant from taking adverse employment action against an employee based solely on the employee reporting theft of merchandise or organized retail crime to law enforcement; defines "adverse employment action" as dismissing, demoting, suspending, reducing compensation, or transferring an employee for punitive reasons. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50.

Sponsor(s) Added.

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2522: Home Improvement Contractors - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 35, the number of days after a change of control in ownership, management, or a change of address or trade name, that a home improvement contractor licensee has to notify the state board for licensing contractors. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 62.

Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2733: TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid for mental health prevention and treatment pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2513: Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes a process for the department to issue licenses to commercial breeders of cats and dogs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 43 and Title 44.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2687: Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, specifies that an individual who has been a licensed insurance producer since January 1, 2004, rather than January 1, 1994, is not required to complete continuing education requirements for renewal of the insurance producer license. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 12, 2024

SB 2858: Consumer Protection - As introduced, creates the "Motor Vehicle Consumer Privacy Act of 2024." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 65, Chapter 4.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee