SB 729: Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Educators Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 28; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407
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SB 414: Private Investigators - As enacted, exempts persons who conduct background investigations solely for employment screening purposes from the licensure requirements for private investigators. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4; Title 38; Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 17 and Title 62, Chapter 26.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391
HB 1448: Liberty - Subject to local approval, changes timing of elections for board of mayor and aldermen such that all seats are filled in the same election. - Amends Chapter 796 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 26
SB 311: Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits juvenile court to transfer a juvenile under 16 years of age to a criminal court of competent jurisdiction to be tried as an adult for committing an act of terrorism. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-134 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 382
SB 897: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds LEAs to the provisions whereby a county, municipality, utility district, or other local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required to an amount not to exceed $25,000 for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212 and Title 49, Chapter 2.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 415
SB 1287: Abuse - As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427
SB 1415: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 432
HB 947: Public Records - As enacted, exempts certain records of counties and municipalities from open records law. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 54; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 12.
Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
SB 789: Medical Occupations - As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 410
HB 1353: Highway Patrol - As enacted, requires the department of safety to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a retired highway patrol officer for the medical care of the retired canine to whom the officer was assigned if the canine is given to the care and custody of the officer upon retirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
SB 1170: Health Care - As enacted, creates the state palliative care and quality of life task force. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 420
HB 1412: Education - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the Tennessee council for career and technical education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 2.
Effective date(s) 05/18/2017; 07/01/2017
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