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signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 611: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, specifies that a licensed funeral establishment is not prohibited from preparing any remains for disposition or performing, or offering to perform, commemorative services, if the commemorative services are performed in compliance with applicable laws and rules. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 232: Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the board to create an endorsement in computer science for all teachers who demonstrate sufficient content knowledge in the course material. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 105

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 624: Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, specifies that a licensed funeral establishment is not prohibited from preparing any remains for disposition or performing, or offering to perform, commemorative services, if the commemorative services are performed in compliance with applicable laws and rules. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 543: Fiscal Review Committee - As enacted, removes the requirement that a fiscal note be furnished not more than 10 days after the introduction of certain bills or resolutions or a request for a fiscal note from a member; requires a fiscal note to be furnished upon a standing committee of either house placing such bill or resolution on its calendar. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2; Title 3, Chapter 7 and Section 4-56-107.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 110

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 237: Consumer Protection - As enacted, provides exceptions to the standard formula required for gasoline blended with ethanol; exceptions to remain in effect until ASTM incorporates changes to the vapor pressure maximums for ethanol blends after this act's effective date. - Amends TCA Section 47-18-1304.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 106

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 1202: Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, revises various provisions relating to the licensing of certain non-depository financial institutions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 13; Title 45, Chapter 15; Title 45, Chapter 18; Title 45, Chapter 5 and Title 56, Chapter 37.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 122

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 1318: Property Assessors - As enacted, clarifies that property assessors may retain electronic or digital copies of property tax exemption applications to comply with existing retention requirement. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 155

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 575: Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the department of education to provide all state board of education approved teacher training programs access to annual evaluation data for teachers and principals graduating from the programs for a minimum of five years following the completion of the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 143

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 86: Property Assessors - As enacted, clarifies that property assessors may retain electronic or digital copies of property tax exemption applications to comply with existing retention requirement. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 710: Libraries - As enacted, revises provisions related to the operation of local libraries and the state regional library system; specifies terms for board service. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 10, Chapter 3; Title 10, Chapter 5; Title 10, Chapter 8; Title 10, Chapter 1 and Title 40, Chapter 39.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 19, 2017

HB 736: Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105.

Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 19, 2017

SB 677: Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 145