signed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 24, 2017 SJR 138: Memorials, Recognition - CMT and Nashville, the television show - Signed by Governor. Sponsor Thelma Harper (D)
signed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 24, 2017 SJR 89: Memorials, Death - Officer Eric Mumaw, Metro Nashville Police Department - Signed by Governor. Sponsor Thelma Harper (D)
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 24, 2017 SB 451: Textbooks - As introduced, extends the 2017 deadline for the submission of science textbooks and instructional materials by textbook publishers to the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission; extends the 2017 start date of the review period by the advisory panel appointed to review textbooks and instructional materials to coincide with the extended deadline for the submission of such items by publishers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee Sponsor Mike Bell (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 24, 2017 HB 1072: Textbooks - As introduced, extends the 2017 deadline for the submission of science textbooks and instructional materials by textbook publishers to the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission; extends the 2017 start date of the review period by the advisory panel appointed to review textbooks and instructional materials to coincide with the extended deadline for the submission of such items by publishers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee Sponsor Mike Bell (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 23, 2017 SB 835: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to develop a consumer and provider education campaign on mental health and alcoholism or drug dependence parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Sponsor(s) Added. Sponsors Joe Pitts (D) , Richard Briggs (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 23, 2017 SB 1165: Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Student Free Expression Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Sponsor(s) Added. Sponsors Martin Daniel (R) , Joey Hensley (R) Track
passed · Tennessee · House Feb 23, 2017 HR 52: Memorials, Death - Bernice Gillard - Sponsor(s) Added. Sponsor G.A. Hardaway (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 23, 2017 HB 599: County Government - As introduced, prohibits county charters from being interpreted or amended in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2. Sponsor change. Sponsor Frank Niceley (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 23, 2017 SB 652: County Government - As introduced, prohibits county charters from being interpreted or amended in a manner inconsistent with state law with respect to the duties, qualifications, and privileges of the constitutional county offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or trustee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2. Sponsor change. Sponsor Frank Niceley (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 23, 2017 HB 739: Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Student Free Expression Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Sponsor(s) Added. Sponsors Martin Daniel (R) , Joey Hensley (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 23, 2017 HB 871: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to develop a consumer and provider education campaign on mental health and alcoholism or drug dependence parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Sponsor(s) Added. Sponsors Joe Pitts (D) , Richard Briggs (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 22, 2017 SB 476: Students - As introduced, requires students, in order to graduate from a public high school with a regular diploma, to pass the civics test composed of questions from the civics tests administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-408. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee of Education Instruction & Programs Sponsors Martin Daniel (R) , Ed Jackson (R) Track