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

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 2304: Driver Licenses - As introduced, removes authorization to suspend, restrict, or revoke driver licenses for nonpayment of fines, court costs, and litigation taxes for driving offenses, upon proof of inability to pay. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 7; Title 40, Chapter 24 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

Failed in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 2125: Education - As introduced, defines, for purposes education laws, "classroom teacher" as an LEA employee who spends at least 75 percent of the employee's time working directly with students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

died · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 1897: Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires proportionate representation on certain municipal electric utility boards; requires direct payment of tax equivalent amounts to the taxing jurisdictions in the various counties in which a municipal utility's electric plant is located under certain circumstances; eliminates exemptions from the manner in which tax equivalent amounts are directed to certain taxing jurisdictions. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

died · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 2556: Education - As introduced, changes from August 1 to August 15 the date by which each LEA must submit a financial report of the receipts and expenditures for all public school purposes in the LEA to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 2586: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, changes, from 500 feet to 150 meters, the distance within which a person must commit a disorderly or offensive act for a person to commit the Class B misdemeanor offense of interfering with a funeral or burial. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 2289: Education - As introduced, defines, for purposes education laws, "classroom teacher" as an LEA employee who spends at least 75 percent of the employee's time working directly with students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 2438: Election Laws - As introduced, requires each county election commission, no later than January 1, 2020, to utilize precinct-based optical scanners for elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20.

Failed in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 913: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires the board for licensing health care facilities to report to the chair of the senate health and welfare committee and the chair of the health committee of the house of representatives on or before January 15, 2018, concerning the need for central service technicians to be regulated in order to provide certified sterile processing in hospitals and related institutions. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 69: TennCare - As introduced, directs the commissioner of finance and administration to submit a waiver request to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to enable the state to provide medical assistance to the existing TennCare II waiver population and persons with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty line by means of a block grant of federal funds. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56 and Title 71.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 1702: Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, redefines "wine" for purposes of sale in retail food stores; removes limit on number of retail stores a person may own; deletes "Unfair Wine Sales Law". - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2018

SB 854: Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from 10 to 15 the number of days from the date of an order suspending or revoking a commercial driver license that a petition may be filed to appeal the decision. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2018

HB 656: Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, increases the number of free plates from one to two for the Purple Heart and disabled veteran license plates issued to veterans with disabilities. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-237 and Section 55-4-239.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee