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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

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HB 2769: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act to the meaning of predatory offenses for purposes of sentencing a person as a child sexual predator. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HR 331: Memorials, Interns - Gavyn Thorne -

Adopted, Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 9, 2020

SB 1820: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds imminent danger of serious sexual abuse as a justification for the use of deadly force in self-defense and to defenses of duress and use of deadly force by law enforcement officer; defines serious sexual abuse as rape, aggravated rape, rape of a child, or aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 9, 2020

SB 1708: Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the Tennessee radiologic imaging and radiation therapy board of examiners to June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 9.

Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 9, 2020

SB 1817: Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires the conduct of law enforcement personnel in initiating or continuing pursuit of a fleeing party to be in reckless disregard of law enforcement policies and procedures in order for the law enforcement personnel or the employer of the law enforcement personnel to be liable for injuries to a third party proximately caused by a fleeing party. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HR 330: Memorials, Recognition - Patti Baldini -

Adopted, Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HB 2615: Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, expands the unruly act of illegal use of a communication device by a minor to include possessing or transmitting an image of sexual activity involving a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 10.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HR 333: Memorials, Recognition - West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory -

Adopted, Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 9, 2020

SB 1913: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, declares that a person is not considered to be engaged in unlawful activity or where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HR 332: Memorials, Personal Occasion - Edgar "Eddie" Jeffers, Jr., and Theda Jeffers, 51st wedding anniversary -

Adopted, Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HB 2660: Civil Procedure - As introduced, provides that a person who uses justifiable force against another may request a stay of proceedings in any civil action based on the use of force until the criminal investigation has concluded; creates an immunity hearing at which the court may dismiss an action that is barred by immunity. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 9, 2020

HB 2476: Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, adds communications with a peer supporter occurring during a critical incident stress management intervention to those communications that are considered confidential and for which a person cannot be called to testify or otherwise divulge. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 24, Chapter 1.

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020