signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SJR 348: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Madison Ann Griffith, Eighth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School - Signed by Governor. Sponsor Joey Hensley (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 1273: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Ballet Memphis to be licensed as an urban park center for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4. Effective date(s) 04/24/2017 Sponsor Dwayne Thompson (D)
signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SJR 346: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ashley Michelle Ford, Tenth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School - Signed by Governor. Sponsor Joey Hensley (R)
signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SB 665: Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 170 Sponsors Mike Carter (R) , Todd Gardenhire (R)
signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SB 1198: Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding student accountability measures due to the implementation of the federal law The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) including revising the way the state board of education and the department of education determine the performance level of a school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6 and Section 49-6-6001. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 177 Sponsors David Hawk (R) , Mark Norris (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 735: Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988. Effective date(s) 04/24/2017 Sponsors Mike Carter (R) , Todd Gardenhire (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 61: 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. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 185 Sponsors Courtney Rogers (R) , Mae Beavers (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 636: Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, makes various changes to the expunction of juvenile court records, including creating a process for the expunction of juvenile court records for cases in which the juvenile successfully completed pretrial or judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153 and Section 40-32-101. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199 Sponsors Raumesh Akbari (D) , Mark Norris (R)
signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SB 555: Victims' Rights - As enacted, deletes the provision giving an alleged offender the right to have notice of and suspend all action concerning a claim for compensation by the victim under the criminal injuries compensation fund. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-108. Effective date(s) 07/01/2017 Sponsors William Lamberth (R) , Bill Ketron (R)
signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017 SB 680: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, removes restriction that off-highway vehicles only be operated during daylight hours during one day of each of two weekends per year in which the vehicles may be operated in Scott County; specifies that the off-highway vehicles may be operated until 12:00 midnight. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 218 Sponsors Kelly Keisling (R) , Ken Yager (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 541: Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, creates "Tennessee Rural Mayors Day" to be observed on the first Monday of October each year. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2. Effective date(s) 04/24/2017 Sponsors Barry Doss (R) , Joey Hensley (R)
signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017 HB 326: Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, authorizes commissioners and chief executive officers of administrative departments to evaluate certain actions by a regulatory board to determine whether the action may constitute a potentially unreasonable restraint of trade. - Amends TCA Title 4. Effective date(s) 04/24/2017 Sponsors David Hawk (R) , Mark Norris (R)