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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

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 1909: Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, applies the criminal offense of animal cruelty to the restraint of a dog with a chain, cord, tether, cable, or similar device while a disaster is imminent or occurring. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44, Chapter 17.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HJR 1004: Memorials, Government Officials - Urges Governor to refuse to participate in any survey or settlement seeking to alter Tennessee-Georgia boundary and Boundary Line Commission. -

Failed in Delayed Bill Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 3, 2018

SJR 627: General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes the challenges faced by medical professionals and facilities. -

Failed in Delayed Bill Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 1086: Children - As introduced, creates a presumption, for the purposes of awarding grandparent visitation, that a custodial parent or parents or custodian opposes grandparent visitation if the grandparent has been denied visitation for a period of three months or more. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 383: Criminal Procedure - As introduced, reduces the fee for expunction to $205, reduces the time after which sentences have been completed before a person can apply for expunction to one year, and allows a person to obtain expunction for an assault conviction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 3, 2018

SB 1120: Arrests - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

died · Tennessee · Senate Apr 3, 2018

SB 1638: Sentencing - As introduced, prohibits a court from accepting a plea agreement or imposing a sentence in a criminal case that is in whole or in part conditioned upon the defendant submitting to some form of sterilization, regardless of whether the defendant voluntarily consents to sterilization. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 167: Juries and Jurors - As introduced, exempts from jury service persons 72 years of age or older upon request and sufficient proof of age. - Amends TCA Title 22.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee / no motion

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 760: Arrests - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 1461: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class E felony offense of purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a part, component, device, or attachment designed to accelerate the fire of a semi-automatic rifle and makes any semi-automatic rifle that includes an accelerated fire part, component, or device a prohibited weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 3, 2018

HB 2595: State Employees - As introduced, requires a state agency in any proceeding to suspend, terminate, or discipline an employee in state service to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee violated state law or a rule or policy of the agency prior to taking such action. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30.

Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 3, 2018

SB 1472: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class E felony offense of purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a part, component, device, or attachment designed to accelerate the fire of a semi-automatic rifle and makes any semi-automatic rifle that includes an accelerated fire part, component, or device a prohibited weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee