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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 · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 1088: Safety - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and report on the feasibility and costs of providing greater access to mobile communications systems in rural Tennessee for elementary and secondary school personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders; requires TACIR to report its findings to the governor and speakers of the senate and house of representatives on or before January 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 65.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 803: Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires court clerks to forward, within six weeks instead of 45 days, information to the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding convictions of persons to be included on the drug offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 56; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 31: Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, revises barbers' authorization to perform services in the residence of any person who is "actually ill" to authorize the performance of services in the residence of any person who is "suffering from actual illness or disability". - Amends TCA Title 62.

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

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 515: Taxes, Sales - As introduced, allocates to cities 25 percent, to rural counties 25 percent, and to urban counties 25 percent, of the state sales tax revenue derived from the 1 percent increase in the state sales tax rate implemented in 2002; prohibits a city or county with other post-employment benefits liability from receiving the special allocation if the city or county is not current on its payments. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 303: Local Government, General - As introduced, allows local governments, airports, and utility districts to regulate the use and possession of tobacco products in all public places, places of employment, and parks within the entity's jurisdiction as long as the regulations are more stringent than those in effect under state law. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1551.

Deferred to Summer Study

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 370: Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As introduced, deletes the requirement that the executive director of the real estate commission pass the broker's examination. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 13.

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 928: Local Government, General - As introduced, limits the purposes for which a local government can issue identification cards; limits the uses of local government-issued identification cards. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5 and Title 6.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 588: Election Laws - As introduced, requires a candidate for president of the United States to file with the secretary of state tax returns for the immediately preceding five years as a prerequisite for being placed on a primary or general election ballot; requires the secretary of state to give notice of the prerequisite to each qualified candidate. - Amends TCA Title 2.

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

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 423: Election Laws - As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast. - Amends TCA Title 2.

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 1085: Taxes, Sales - As introduced, allocates to cities 25 percent, to rural counties 25 percent, and to urban counties 25 percent, of the state sales tax revenue derived from the 1 percent increase in the state sales tax rate implemented in 2002; prohibits a city or county with other post-employment benefits liability from receiving the special allocation if the city or county is not current on its payments. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

passed · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HR 68: Memorials, Recognition - Linda D. Buckles, President of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women -

Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 533: Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires owners of property that is exempt from property tax and being used as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities to agree to make payments in lieu of tax to the local taxing jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee