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State Legislature US Congress

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

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 561: 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.

Effective date(s) 03/22/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 388: Education - As enacted, requires LEAs to ensure schools provide parents and guardians with information about influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination at the beginning of each school year; requires nonpublic schools to provide parents and guardians with information about influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination at the beginning of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 1232: Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 31

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 36: Highway Signs - As enacted, expands the area, from only Sevierville to include all of Sevier County, that is exempted from the required removal of tourist-oriented directional signs erected by an entity other than the department of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 13.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 23

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HJR 218: Memorials, Death - Sande Weiss -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 128: Codes - As enacted, updates, from the August 2011 edition to the August 2016 edition, the electrical safety code governing electric-supply stations and lines; updates publisher's address. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 101.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 3

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 57: 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.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 726: 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.

Effective date(s) 03/29/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HJR 213: Memorials, Recognition - Ramp Festival, May 12-13, 2017 -

Signed by Governor.

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 1004: Education, Higher - As enacted, revises various provisions in higher education to include all state governing boards and not just the board of regents or the UT system due to the implementation of the FOCUS Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Section 49-7-118 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 30.

Effective date(s) 03/29/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 125: Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, moves up the deadline for the state board of education to release the teacher preparation training report from November 1 of each year to February 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 1116: 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.

Effective date(s) 03/29/2017