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signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 188: TennCare - As enacted, authorizes certain law enforcement officers employed by the office of inspector general within the department of finance and administration to make arrests for offenses involving criminal fraud and abuse of the TennCare program and any other violations of state criminal law related to the operation of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 11, 2017

HJR 484: Memorials, Heroism - Firefighters D.J. Cochran, Kevin Pippens, David Frazier, and Bo Merritt and Park City/Park Ridge Fire Station #4 -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House May 11, 2017

HJR 468: Memorials, Recognition - Steve Trout, Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association's 2017 Retailer of the Year -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 1371: Air Pollution - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning local air pollution control regulations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 201.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 284

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 615: Public Health - As enacted, repeals obsolete miscellaneous sanitary regulations for workshops, which includes any house, room, or place when used for the purpose of carrying on any process of making or altering, for sale or for wages, any coats, vests, trousers, knee pants, overalls, cloaks, shirts, waists, purses, feathers, artificial flowers, or cigars, or any wearing apparel of any kind whatsoever, intended for sale. - Repeals l TCA Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 1.

Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 651: Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that a food warehouse license is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point, if certain requirements met, and that a retail food store permit is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point. - Amends TCA Title 53.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272

signed · Tennessee · House May 11, 2017

HB 702: Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that a food warehouse license is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point, if certain requirements met, and that a retail food store permit is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point. - Amends TCA Title 53.

Effective date(s) 05/04/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 1435: Roane County - Subject to local approval, changes the date by which the occupancy tax must be remitted, from not later than the 20th of the month to not later than the date the operator is required to remit sales taxes. - Amends Chapter 166 of the Private Acts of 1992.

Pr. Ch. 8

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 645: Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 1039: Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires that the TBI’s completed investigative report be disclosed to the public after the district attorney general has completed its prosecutorial function; authorizes the district attorney to disclose all or part of the report prior to the record becoming a public record. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 1442: Milan - Subject to local approval, authorizes the Milan Special School District to issue and sell bonds or notes to provide funds for the district. - Amends Chapter 504 of the Private Acts of 1954; as amended.

Pr. Ch. 10

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 11, 2017

SB 464: Public Records - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing open records requests, including the manner in which such requests may be made. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017