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All 46,882 Active 613 In committee 15,301 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 998: Education - As enacted, recognizes students who earn a composite score of 19 on the ACT, or an equivalent score on the SAT, and who also earn a capstone industry certification as promoted by the department of education, as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar upon graduation; requires schools to recognize the student as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar at the school's graduation ceremony. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SJR 342: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Josie Brook Nash, Valedictorian, Heritage High School -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SJR 340: Memorials, Recognition - Jefferson County High School agriculture education department -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SJR 339: Memorials, Recognition - Brother Jetta Forsythe -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HJR 363: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Shanquaneake Thompson, Douglass High School graduate -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 113: Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes municipalities located in Putnam County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of an urban park center. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 188

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 334: Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 375: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes certain historic performing arts centers to sell alcoholic beverages during a performance; authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the auditoriums of such performing arts centers. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 17: Highway Signs - As enacted, enacts the "Shadow 'Shada' Brooke Lowe Act," which authorizes DUI memorial signs for victims of accidents in which the intoxicated driver causing the accident was not convicted due to the driver dying as a result of the accident. - Amends TCA Section 54-5-1003 and Chapter 1039 of the Public Acts of 2016.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 157

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 1238: Medical Occupations - As enacted, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 178

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 116: Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the board of regents, the trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university board of each public institution of higher education to adopt policies regulating smoking on property owned or operated by the institution; provided, that such policies do not permit smoking in any location where smoking is otherwise prohibited by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 49.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 161

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 145: Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Effective date(s) 04/19/2017