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All 46,882 Active 15,109 In committee 14,466 Passed 6,752 Signed 22,203 Failed 2,813

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 1281: Education - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute to provide the governor and general assembly written reports in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 13.

Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 2018

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 66: Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the committee for purchase from the blind and other severely disabled four years to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 47

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 254: Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee community resource board eight years to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 41, Chapter 10.

Effective date(s) 03/31/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 273: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies certain services provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer under a service contract that are not considered to be insurance. - Amends TCA Section 56-2-126.

Effective date(s) 04/04/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 195: Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state insurance committee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 2.

Effective date(s) 03/31/2017

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 360: Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, requires publication of the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book by March 1 each year instead of by March 15. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Failed in Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 403: Financial Disclosure - As introduced, exempts churches and other religious organizations from campaign finance disclosures when expending funds in favor of or in opposition to single or multiple issue measures related to public or private morality. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-101.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 1129: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes the 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 or another release program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Deferred to Summer Study

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 1296: Election Laws - As introduced, allows a voter to take photographs or videos of only the voter’s marked ballot on a mobile electronic or communication device in polling place; authorizes poll watchers and election officials to prohibit any disruptive activity that threatens the voting process or the privacy of a voter. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-142.

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

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 11, 2017

HB 139: Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, prohibits health insurance policies from using prorated dispensing fees or denying coverage for dispensing of medication in accordance with the synchronization of medication; requires health insurance policies to apply prorated cost-sharing to dispensing of medication in accordance with synchronization of medication. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.

Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance and Banking Committee

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 681: Public Contracts - As enacted, clarifies that the statutory amount of the bond required from contractors on all public works contracts in excess of $100,000 is the minimum amount for the bond. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-201.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 92

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 11, 2017

SB 108: Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee regulatory authority four years to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 65, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 75