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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 · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2212: Consumer Protection - As introduced, clarifies that wireless communication includes text messages sent and received on smart devices for purposes of the Anti-Phishing Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2578: Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs serving any of the grades three through 12 to offer advanced mathematics courses; requires an LEA that offers advanced mathematics courses to place students achieving a benchmark score as determined by the state board of education on the end-of-grade or end-of-course test in mathematics in an advanced course for the next mathematics course in which the student will enroll; adds other requirements concerning advanced mathematics courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2285: Boards and Commissions - As introduced, authorizes state agencies attached to the division of regulatory boards and the division of health-related boards to conduct emergency meetings by teleconference when called by the presiding officer or upon petition by a majority of the members of such agencies. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1; Title 62 and Title 63.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 496: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 4, 2020

HB 2467: Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of any defects in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2390: Financial Disclosure - As introduced, reduces the number of filing dates for campaign finance disclosures to quarterly in election years and semiannually in non-election years. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 4, 2020

HB 38: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 1915: Professions and Occupations - As introduced, allows members of the United States armed forces and honorably discharged veterans who receive certified occupational training as a member of the United States armed forces to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62 and Title 63.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2076: Traffic Safety - As introduced, clarifies that the present law requiring drivers of motorcycles to wear a helmet applies to drivers of autocycles that are not fully enclosed. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 3.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 4, 2020

HB 1628: Consumer Protection - As introduced, creates a reward for information leading to the recovery of a civil penalty against a person who knowingly causes any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · Senate Jun 4, 2020

SB 2663: Economic and Community Development - As introduced, defines the terms "economic development" and "project" to include incentives that promote the development of single-family housing, for purposes of laws governing projects by industrial development corporations and contributions to industrial development corporations by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 7, Chapter 53.

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

passed · Tennessee · House Jun 4, 2020

HJR 1055: Memorials, Recognition - 65 Roses Month for Cystic Fibrosis Awareness, June 2020 -

Received from House, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee