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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 390: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Sewanee Inn in Franklin County as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; also so designates a certain commercially operated facility in Cumberland County and the new Restoration Hardware store in Nashville. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 214

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 688: Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 202

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 309: 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.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SJR 350: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Landree Carroll, Sixth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 77: Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, clarifies that off-highway vehicles operated on public roads are covered under the definition of "uninsured motor vehicle" for purposes of being covered under an uninsured motorist policy. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12; Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 56, Chapter 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 186

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 1433: Ridgeside - Subject to local approval, removes the limit on the maximum property tax rate that may be levied by the city; decreases the number of readings required for ordinances, from three to two, and resolutions, from three to one. - Amends Chapter 615 of the Private Acts of 1931; as amended.

Pr. Ch. 5

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 707: Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes, in certain circumstances, transfer of parcels of property located on a remediation site in Oak Ridge to the industrial development board consistent with the terms of the conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 219

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 1316: 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.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 448: Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the board of podiatric medical examiners to establish a registration process for certain residents continuing their clinical education; authorizes a licensed orthotist or prosthetist to utilize one or more non-licensed persons to assist in the performance of minor repairs on devices that have been previously dispensed to patients and the performance of other tasks approved by the board. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 167

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 1090: Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the board of podiatric medical examiners to establish a registration process for certain residents continuing their clinical education; authorizes a licensed orthotist or prosthetist to utilize one or more non-licensed persons to assist in the performance of minor repairs on devices that have been previously dispensed to patients and the performance of other tasks approved by the board. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 3.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate May 3, 2017

SB 1394: Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

signed · Tennessee · House May 3, 2017

HB 766: Medical Occupations - As enacted, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

Effective date(s) 04/24/2017