signed · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2017 HJR 224: Memorials, Death - Rev. Melvin D. Wade - Signed by Governor. Sponsor Joe Towns (D)
passed · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2017 HR 78: Memorials, Personal Occasion - Roger and Karen Russell, 50th wedding anniversary - Adopted, Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 Sponsor Kelly Keisling (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 581: Education - As introduced, enacts the "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. Def. to Summer Study in Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee Sponsors Judd Matheny (R) , Dolores R. Gresham (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 983: Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, increases from $500 to $1,000 the amount of the penalty imposed on a person convicted by a court of having injured or destroyed any portion of the gas fixtures or other property belonging to a gas company, having willfully opened a communication into the street or other gas pipes, or having let on gas after it has been stopped by a gas company. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65. Taken off notice for cal. in Business and Utilities Committee Sponsors Bill Ketron (R) , Kent Calfee (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 784: Election Laws - As introduced, changes appointing authority, from the governor to the general assembly, for the office of United States Senator until a successor can be elected in the next regular November election. - Amends TCA Title 2. Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee (no motion) Sponsors Brian Kelsey (R) , Mary Littleton (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 535: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA to petition for an administrative hearing on the merits of the commissioner of education's decision to withhold state funds from an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee Sponsors Jim Tracy (R) , John Forgety (R) Track
signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SJR 262: Memorials, Sports - Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders - Transmitted to Governor for action. Sponsor Bill Ketron (R)
signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SJR 266: Memorials, Recognition - Elizabeth Hicks Williams - Transmitted to Governor for action. Sponsor Steve Southerland (R)
failed · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 575: Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, removes public records exception for information concerning lottery sales made by lottery retailers. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51. Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee Sponsors Jon Lundberg (R) , John Crawford (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 827: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, raises the age until which health insurance policies must cover a dependent child from 24 to 26 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 56. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee of Insurance and Banking Committee Sponsors Craig Fitzhugh (D) , Jeff Yarbro (D) Track
signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SJR 271: Memorials, Death - Spencer Hays - Transmitted to Governor for action. Sponsor Steven Dickerson (R)
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 932: Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 1st Calendar of 2018 Sponsors Jay Reedy (R) , Bill Ketron (R) Track