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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 Mar 6, 2018

HB 2422: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, deletes the requirement that local school systems must sell all surplus property within 90 days of its being declared surplus; revises the advertising requirements for local school systems selling surplus property. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee of Education Administration & Planning

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 5, 2018

SB 1726: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes a list of accrediting organizations that the department must recognize for its service providers. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2, Part 4.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Mar 5, 2018

HB 1901: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes a list of accrediting organizations that the department must recognize for its service providers. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2, Part 4.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Mar 1, 2018

HB 824: Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies to submit to the Tennessee bureau of investigation reports of the demographics of the following members of the public who interact with the law enforcement agency: victims, suspects, witnesses, and arrested individuals. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 10.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 1112: Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement officers to wear wide-angle body cameras that record video footage while on duty, if funded by grants, private donations, or federal funds. - Amends TCA Title 38.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 1392: Sentencing - As introduced, makes a person sentenced to imprisonment for life based on a conviction for first degree murder, which occurred when the person was a minor, eligible for parole consideration after service of 65 percent of the 60-year sentence imposed, and no less than 50 percent including any sentence reduction credits earned. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Mar 1, 2018

HB 821: Sentencing - As introduced, removes requirement that a person convicted of a drug offense in a drug-free school zone must serve the entire minimum sentence imposed before being eligible for release on parole. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 319: Sentencing - As introduced, creates an affirmative defense to the enhanced punishment for selling drugs on the grounds of or within 1,000' of a school, child care center, library, recreational center, or park that law enforcement, or an agent of law enforcement, suggested, requested, or lured the defendant into the prohibited area. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 2703: Education - As introduced, establishes timelines and requirements for the return of schools operated as part of the achievement school district (ASD) to LEAs; prohibits, after the effective date of the act, any school from being assigned to the ASD and the ASD from executing, approving, authorizing, or renewing any contract, charter school application, or charter agreement; abolishes the ASD as an organizational unit of the department of education on July 1, 2019, or when the last charter agreement with the ASD expires, whichever is later. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Recalled from Senate Education Committee

died · Tennessee · House Mar 1, 2018

HB 826: Sentencing - As introduced, makes a person sentenced to imprisonment for life based on a conviction for first degree murder, which occurred when the person was a minor, eligible for parole consideration after service of 65 percent of the 60-year sentence imposed, and no less than 50 percent including any sentence reduction credits earned. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 1005: Housing - As introduced, requires the Tennessee housing development agency to develop best practices concerning implementation of housing programs and options by local entities to assist formerly incarcerated individuals. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 13, Chapter 23.

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2018

SB 1634: Professions and Occupations - As introduced, repeals requirements that authorization to engage in regulated professions and occupations be revoked for persons who default on student loans; requires reinstatement of licenses for otherwise qualified applicants whose licenses were suspended, denied, or revoked based solely on defaulting on student loan repayment. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 1; Title 49; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63.

Withdrawn.