passed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 18, 2017 SR 18: Memorials, Death - James Robert Endress - Signed by Senate Speaker Sponsor Dolores R. Gresham (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 17, 2017 HB 917: Education - As introduced, changes the date, from September 30 to October 1, of when an LEA must submit a report to the commissioner of education on the remediation services provided to students who fail a required examination. - Amends TCA Title 49. Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee Sponsors David Byrd (R) , Frank Niceley (R) Track
died · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 992: Law Enforcement - As introduced, permits a retired law enforcement officer who has been found eligible by the Tennessee POST commission to carry a firearm pursuant to federal law to carry a firearm that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce in the same manner and to the same extent as authorized for an active law enforcement officer to carry a firearm of the same type. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee Sponsor Mark Green (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 46: Students - As introduced, adds HiSET® to the courses a minor student may be enrolled and making satisfactory academic progress in to obtain a driver license or instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle from the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 49. Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee Sponsor Becky Massey (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 203: Civil Procedure - As introduced, clarifies that directors, trustees, or members of nonprofit corporations, associations, and organizations that are organized for religious purposes may be immune from suits arising from the conduct of the affairs of such entities if the conduct does not amount to willful, wanton, or gross negligence. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 58. Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee Sponsors Judd Matheny (R) , Janice Bowling (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 17, 2017 HB 851: Food and Food Products - As introduced, enacts the "Local Food Procurement Act" and makes other additions to present law to facilitate economic activity based on the market in local farm and food products. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12; Title 43 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 23. Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee Sponsors Johnny Shaw (D) , Jeff Yarbro (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 937: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor the penalty for certain offenses related to tobacco product sales and packaging. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Sponsor Bill Ketron (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 1422: Taxes - As introduced, reduces from 10 to eight years the amount of time that a charitable institution must own and maintain property on the National Register of Historical Places prior to applying for a 100 percent exemption from property taxation in counties and municipalities offering such exemption. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee Sponsor Lee Harris (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 17, 2017 HB 1328: Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, enacts the Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act; requires studies and reports on or before January 15, 2018, by the commissioner of health concerning price gouging for essential generic drugs and the commissioner of commerce and insurance concerning price transparency for prescription drugs; requires reports to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee Sponsor Lee Harris (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 1181: Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, extends, from 10 to 15 days, the time period within which the owner or legal possessor of misbranded or adulterated legend drugs or devices must request a hearing to show the board of pharmacy why the drugs or devices should not be destroyed. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53 and Title 63. Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee Sponsors Jimmy Matlock (R) , Joey Hensley (R) Track
in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 17, 2017 HB 355: Metropolitan Government - As introduced, clarifies that the sales prices for accounting, legal, or other professional services provided within a central business improvement district located within a tourism development zone are not subject to an additional fee. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67. Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee Sponsors Bill Beck (D) , Jeff Yarbro (D) Track
in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 17, 2017 SB 1031: Probation and Parole - As introduced, requires the DUI monitoring fund to be used to pay for the cost of an electronic monitoring device that is ordered as a condition of probation if the parolee has been determined by the department of correction to have a hardship. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Section 55-10-419. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Sponsors Darren Jernigan (D) , Jeff Yarbro (D) Track