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

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 772: Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, increases the maximum annual interest rate (or equivalent daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly rate) that a bank may charge and collect with respect to extensions of credit made on credit card accounts from 21 percent to 30 percent. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2, Part 19.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 816: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person for making a report to law enforcement of suspicious activity or behavior if the report is based on articulable suspicion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8.

Effective date(s) 04/19/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 1322: Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that agencies receiving public funding to assist businesses with sales volumes of $200,000 or less, or with fewer than 15 employees, must annually file a report with the department detailing the agencies' success with assisting such businesses; removes requirement that the office of minority business enterprise, or other division, must file a report with the commissioner compiling the agencies' filed data and must annually report the results of the data to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 180

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 927: Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, clarifies that renovations of memorials are excluded from the petition for waiver process under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; excludes from coverage under the act buildings and structures that have reached the end of their useful lives and are approved for demolition by the state building commission; requires that prior to any decision to demolish a memorial designated as a national historic landmark or listed on the register of historic places, the historical commission make comments to the state building commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412.

Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 534: Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 181

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 1196: Education - As enacted, revises present law concerning the use of assessment data. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6.

Effective date(s) 04/19/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 1002: Education, Higher - As enacted, transfers rulemaking authority under the Jacob Nunley Act and under the provisions governing the Hepatitis B waiver form at institutions of higher education from THEC to the governing boards of each public institution of higher learning; requires the governing board of each public institution of higher learning, in consultation with the department of health, to promulgate rules regarding immunization requirements for students enrolled within each respective institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 308: 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.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SJR 349: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaitlin Saylor, Seventh Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 306: Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As enacted, removes licensure requirement for persons whose occupation or practice is confined solely to shampooing. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

Effective date(s) 04/28/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 527: Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, expands the definition of "premises" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include the Station Street entertainment district in Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 195

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 500: Osteopathy - As enacted, increases from $50 to $100 the per diem paid to each member of the board of osteopathic examination. - Amends TCA Section 63-9-103.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017