signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SJR 265: Memorials, Recognition - Great Smoky Mountains Association - Transmitted to Governor for action. Sponsor Steve Southerland (R)
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 764: Probation and Parole - As introduced, permits courts sentencing to probation persons convicted of Class C, D, and E felonies, rather than just Class E, to contract with private probation companies to provide probation services, and establishes minimum qualifications for the private probation companies in order to contract with the courts. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-303. Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee Sponsors William Lamberth (R) , John Stevens (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 981: Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits students at William R. Moore college of technology to be eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship if they meet all requirements for the scholarship or grant. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee Sponsors Mark White (R) , Reginald Tate (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 814: Auctions and Auctioneers - As introduced, clarifies that extended listings or listings that allow a bidder to increase a bid beyond the original deadline are not timed listings; specifies certain requirements for sponsoring apprentice auctioneers. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19. Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 2018 Sponsors Richard Briggs (R) , Marc Gravitt (R) Track
signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SJR 270: Memorials, Recognition - Georgia Willow Jones, 2017 Tennessee Tar Wars Poster Contest - Transmitted to Governor for action. Sponsor Joey Hensley (R)
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 35: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance policies to cover breathing and heart rate monitors for certain infants covered under the policy. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee of Insurance and Banking Committee Sponsors John Mark Windle (I) , Paul Bailey (R) Track
failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 563: 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
failed · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 960: Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, prohibits a health insurance entity from taking certain actions with respect to coverage of prescription drugs outside of open enrollment periods. - Amends TCA Title 56. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee of Insurance and Banking Committee Sponsors Mark Green (R) , Bryan Terry (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 848: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance policies to cover a dependent child until the child reaches 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
passed · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 1293: Municipal Government - As introduced, allows a business with fewer than 10 employees providing services within a city prior to the city entering or renewing an exclusive franchise agreement for those services to continue to provide such services. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 12. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee Sponsors Bill Sanderson (R) , John Stevens (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017 SB 855: Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, allows process from the general sessions court to be served within 65 days of service, rather than 60 days of service. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 16. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee Sponsors Kerry Roberts (R) , Mary Littleton (R) Track
failed · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017 HB 1319: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires, subject to certain exemptions, a sale or transfer of a firearm to be done through a federally licensed gun dealer; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for sales or transfers that are not conducted through a gun dealer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee Sponsors Mike Stewart (D) , Sara Kyle (D) Track