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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 Apr 4, 2017

HB 428: Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows an insurance producer to charge fees for services relating to an individual's purchase of an individual major medical policy if the insurance producer is not receiving commission from an insurer and if the fees are based upon a qualified written agreement. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 7

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 386: Comptroller, State - As enacted, clarifies that tax increment agencies need only file an annual statement of tax increment revenues allocated to the tax increment agency for active plans. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23.

Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 737: Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds "advertising services for the provision of a motor vehicle warranty in a deceptive manner likely to cause the owner to believe that the advertisement originated from the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle or from the dealer that sold the motor vehicle" as a violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 25

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 1304: Traffic Safety - As enacted, expands the yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program to traffic stops and not just motor vehicle accidents; requires department of transportation to cooperate with veterans services organizations in publicizing yellow dot program. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 20, Part 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 34

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 209: Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Effective date(s) 03/22/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 47: Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective party’s primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 596: Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as "Tennessee Missing Children's Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15.

Effective date(s) 03/15/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 436: Comptroller, State - As enacted, requires the administrative head of a department, agency, or institution that has been audited by the comptroller to submit a corrective action plan within 30 days of the issuance of the audit report; empowers certain standing committees to take action in the event of noncompliance with respect to an audit by a department, agency, or institution. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-109.

Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SJR 249: Memorials, Recognition - Smoky Mountain Field School, 40th anniversary -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 882: Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, renames Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016 to be the "Falk Act." - Amends Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016.

Effective date(s) 03/29/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 399: Education, State Board of - As enacted, makes it the duty of the state board of education to issue professional licenses upon the work done in standard teacher-training institutions, colleges, and universities that must be approved by the state board of education after inspection as may be provided by the board. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 19

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 549: Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, makes various changes to the vehicle insurance verification program, including extending the time owners have to comply with notice of noncompliance and revising fee provisions. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-210 and Section 55-12-211.

Effective date(s) 03/22/2017