SB 1978: Naming and Designating - As introduced, designates the bog turtle as an official state reptile. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-321.
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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SB 2047: Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, changes the name of Lake Halford in Carroll County to Carroll County 1,000 Acre Lake. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412; Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 8 and Section 70-1-302.
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
SR 193: Memorials, Recognition - Tara Joyner, WestStar Leadership Program -
Adopted, Ayes 28, Nays 0
HB 1652: General Assembly - As introduced, declares that no circuit, chancery, or other court has subject matter jurisdiction over any legal action, challenging any rule, regulation, or procedure of the senate or house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 16.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
SB 631: Water Pollution - As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from applying criteria that will result in the classification of real property as a wetland, or otherwise regulating real property as a wetland, unless the property is classified as a wetland under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66 and Title 69.
Deferred to Summer Study
SB 1958: Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, reduces, from 30 to 25, the number of days within which the commissioner is required to declare a county to be a "Johnson grass extermination area" following receipt of notice from the county's legislative body that it has elected such designation. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 43 and Title 44.
Deferred to Summer Study
SB 1714: Education - As introduced, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for medical emergencies at high school athletic events. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1751: Fines and Penalties - As introduced, increases the penalty from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor for removing a wild animal, wild fowl, or fish while trespassing on land; increases various fines under $500 to not more than $500. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 1748: Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires the department of education to recommend, and the state board of education to adopt, academic standards for a year-long course in civics education for students in eighth grade; requires LEAs and public charter schools to implement the year-long course in civics education for students in eighth grade beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 2068: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, specifies that it is not an offense to take a wolf in this state and that state resources may not be used to enforce any prohibition against taking wolves in this state. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 2404: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires license plates issued for box trucks having a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less to be attached to the rear of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 1942: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, authorizes a person to hunt on or over privately owned land where bait is present; specifies that written consent and compliance with other requirements to catch or kill a wild animal on the land of another still apply. - Amends TCA Title 70.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
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