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All 46,882 Active 14,572 In committee 13,959 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 126: Telecommunications - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Rural Broadband Grant Expansion Program." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 65 and Title 67.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 656: Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires persons committing domestic assault or against whom a permanent order of protection has been entered to be placed on a domestic abuse registry maintained by the TBI for a period of 10 years from the expiration of the order or sentence for the conviction. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

Failed in Civil Justice Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 1165: Public Property - As introduced, requires the governor to include with the governor's inventory of state-owned property a description of each active construction project on state-owned property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 531: Handgun Permits - As introduced, makes a person relocating to Tennessee eligible to be issued a handgun carry permit without completing the classroom and firing range requirements if, within 5 years from the application, the person had a valid handgun carry permit in another state with substantially similar classroom and firing range requirements. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 1379: Election Laws - As introduced, allows a person 65 years of age or older who has never been issued a birth certificate to be issued a photo identification license for voting purposes by furnishing a social security card, Medicare card, health insurance card, or other satisfactory document substantiating the person's identity. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 335: Education - As introduced, prohibits a school assigned to the ASD from serving grades other than those served by the school before its assignment to the ASD; prohibits the ASD from recruiting students zoned for another school if a school is assigned to the ASD. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 953: Election Laws - As introduced, requires the state election commission to promulgate rules prescribing a procedure by which a qualified person may register to vote and vote on the same day during the first week of early voting in any election for which there is early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Failed in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 28, 2017

SB 406: Comptroller, State - As introduced, increases from five business days to 10 business days the period a contracting entity has to file a written objection to a notice of audit from the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 1364: Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the 5 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption; increases the tax on cigarettes from 3 cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents per cigarette; increases the tax on other tobacco products from 6.6 percent to 17 percent of the wholesale cost price. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Sponsor change.

died · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 460: Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, enacts the "Empowerment Scholarship Account Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

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

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 1254: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile certain information on crimes involving firearms and submit the information annually to the Tennessee bureau of investigation, which then compiles a report of the information for distribution to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

Failed in Civil Justice Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 28, 2017

HB 936: Controlled Substances - As introduced, removes from the definition of marijuana the requirement that an institution of higher education be certified by the drug enforcement agency to work with low-cannabidiol cannabis oil. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee