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

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 1224: Public Contracts - As enacted, adds "businesses owned by persons with disabilities" to the Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act; requires that the annual report made by the chief procurement officer concerning the awarding of purchases to minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, or small business and the total value of awards made also include the total dollar amount of purchases awarded to all businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

Effective date(s) 06/06/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 120: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 1381: Public Buildings - As enacted, requires that stair steps leading into the public entrance of certain public buildings have detectable nosings of a contrasting color; enacts other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 491

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 1352: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions governing permits for movements of certain overweight and overdimensional vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50; Section 55-7-203 and Section 55-7-205.

Effective date(s) 06/06/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 1149: Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 864: Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Effective date(s) 06/06/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 230: Taxes, Gasoline, Petroleum Products - As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing the apportionment of gasoline tax revenue to the wildlife resources fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 9.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 466: Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes the state and local governments to provide health insurance benefits to the immediate family members of first responders killed in the line of duty for a period of two years after the death of the first responder; requires the state to reimburse local governments that provide such benefits. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 476

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 1288: Wine & Wineries - As enacted, requires each common carrier that contracts with a direct shipper for delivery of wine into Tennessee to prepare and file monthly with the department of revenue a report of known direct wine shipments; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-217.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 486

signed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 14, 2017

SB 1334: Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

Effective date(s) 06/06/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 1367: Taxes - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the taxation of modern market telecommunications providers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 490

signed · Tennessee · House Jun 14, 2017

HB 1454: Hornsby - Subject to local approval, reduces board of mayor and aldermen from seven to five members; deletes all references to town marshal; reduces the number of readings to approve an ordinance from three to two; abolishes the position of treasurer and transfers responsibilities to the recorder; expands authority of the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 112 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended.

Comp. became Pr. Ch. 31