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State Legislature US Congress

All 46,882 Active 14,572 In committee 13,959 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

failed · Tennessee · House May 26, 2020

HB 2649: Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits a public institution of higher education from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee

failed · Tennessee · House May 26, 2020

HR 214: General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the department of education to enroll students in the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot program no earlier than the 2021-2022 school year. -

Failed for lack of second in: Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee

failed · Tennessee · House May 26, 2020

HB 2122: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, creates the Tennessee rapid growth school district fund from which capital improvement grants are to be awarded in fiscal year 2020-2021 to LEAs experiencing rapidly growing student populations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 1837: Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes county election commissions to designate teachers as deputies for the purposes of in-person registration at supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 17, 2020

HB 1950: Zoning - As introduced, requires municipalities and counties to provide notice of proposed zoning ordinances and proposed zoning amendments to property owners within the boundaries of the zone; requires documentation by the local government of provision of notice; creates a cause of action to void the adoption of the ordinance or amendment if procedural requirements are not met by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7.

Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 503: Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes high schools to provide opportunities for students to register to vote online at times other than the supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 1356: County Officers - As introduced, adds administrators of elections to the list of county general officers for purposes of determining compensation; requires counties to compensate administrators as general officers; establishes certain minimum hours for election commission offices in counties with certified administrators of elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8, Chapter 24.

Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 17, 2020

HB 1844: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, prohibits the commissioner of finance and administration from disbursing moneys from the state treasury to private entities that do not pay their employees a living wage; prohibits state governmental entities from disbursing state funds to private entities that do not pay their employees a living wage; requires state contracts to include language requiring such entities to pay their employees a living wage; defines "living wage" as at least $12.50 per hour worked. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 2069: Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes local governments to take special censuses that include unborn children; requires that any state funds distributed and allocated to local governments based on population use such special census figures. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 16; Title 54; Title 57 and Title 67.

Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 17, 2020

HB 2387: General Assembly, Directed Studies - As introduced, directs Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to perform a study to find any disparities between equal pay for equal work between men and women of the public sector in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 2852: Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Safer Internet for Minors Act." - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 47 and Title 65.

Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 17, 2020

SB 1858: Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Family Insurance Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 50.

Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee