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State Legislature US Congress

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 475: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to study and report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives on the issue of electing a director of schools versus allowing the local board of education to appoint the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 386: Comptroller, State - As enacted, clarifies that tax increment agencies need only file an annual statement of tax increment revenues allocated to the tax increment agency for active plans. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23.

Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 181: Election Laws - As introduced, deletes the requirement that a county election commission publish in a newspaper of general circulation a notice of the time and place of a supplemental voter registration, at least three days before the supplemental voter registration, and with notice that transfers of registration can be conducted at the supplemental voter registration. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-114.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 737: Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds "advertising services for the provision of a motor vehicle warranty in a deceptive manner likely to cause the owner to believe that the advertisement originated from the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle or from the dealer that sold the motor vehicle" as a violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 25

passed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HR 75: Memorials, Recognition - Casey Gill Summar -

Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 1304: Traffic Safety - As enacted, expands the yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program to traffic stops and not just motor vehicle accidents; requires department of transportation to cooperate with veterans services organizations in publicizing yellow dot program. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 20, Part 3.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 34

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 209: Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Effective date(s) 03/22/2017

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 1332: Public Employees - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 business days the time a department or agency with regulatory authority over business activity has to notify the small business advocate that the department's or agency's designated contact person for the small business advocate has changed. - Amends TCA Title 8.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

signed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 47: Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective party’s primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 596: Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as "Tennessee Missing Children's Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15.

Effective date(s) 03/15/2017

signed · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 436: Comptroller, State - As enacted, requires the administrative head of a department, agency, or institution that has been audited by the comptroller to submit a corrective action plan within 30 days of the issuance of the audit report; empowers certain standing committees to take action in the event of noncompliance with respect to an audit by a department, agency, or institution. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-109.

Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 499: Education, Higher - As introduced, provides a student enrolled at an institution of higher education or student organization officially recognized by an institution of higher education with a right to representation by an attorney or non-attorney advocate at the student or organization’s expense; prohibits the student or student organization from the right to representation if the institution has a student honor court or in instances of academic dishonesty; requires institutions of higher education to provide an annual report about the number and type of disciplinary hearings as well as the number of students represented by an attorney or non-attorney advocate. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2018