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All 46,882 Active 613 In committee 15,301 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2336: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale, or transfer of an 80 percent frame or 80 percent receiver on or after July 1, 2024, without a manufacturer's serial number prominently stamped on the item or on a piece of metal securely affixed to the item; creates the Class A misdemeanor of manufacturing, distributing, selling, or transferring an 80 percent frame or 80 percent receiver without a serial number prominently stamped on the item or on a piece of metal securely affixed thereto, which is punishable by a $5,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.

Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2352: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft unless the owner is physically incapable of making a report, and to notify the law enforcement agency if the firearm is subsequently recovered; imposes a civil penalty of not more than $500 for the first violation of the reporting requirement and punishes a second or subsequent violation as a Class B misdemeanor; requires a gun dealer to inform the purchaser of a firearm of the requirement to report a lost or stolen firearm to law enforcement. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2331: Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to begin an investigation of a suspected homicide within the agency’s jurisdiction and, in determining which law enforcement officer will lead the investigation, requires the law enforcement agency to assign the investigation to an officer who will be available to investigate the offense for at least two days following the opening of an investigation. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.

Failed for lack of motion in: Criminal Justice Subcommittee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 1986: Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the department from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect; requires the investigator of allegations of child abuse or neglect to provide the parent or person having control over a child who is the subject of the investigation with certain materials prior to visiting the child's home or interviewing the child. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

Failed in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2329: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes an exception to the offense of carrying a firearm with the intent to go armed for persons carrying, whether openly or concealed, a handgun if the person lawfully possesses the handgun, is in a place where the person is lawfully present, and the person meets certain age requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2449: Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, authorizes the electronic submission of the report the attorney general and reporter is required to submit quarterly regarding the compromise and settlement, in the amount of $25,000 or less, of civil litigation to which the state may be a party. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6; Title 4, Chapter 15; Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 15; Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 17, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 20, Chapter 13; Title 23; Title 29; Title 31, Chapter 6; Title 35, Chapter 9; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 39, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47, Chapter 16; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54; Title 56; Title 58; Title 66, Chapter 2; Title 67; Title 68, Chapter 221; Title 68, Chapter 33; Title 68, Chapter 211; Title 68, Chapter 213 and Title 71.

Failed for lack of motion in: Civil Justice Subcommittee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2234: Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, enacts the "Universal Pre-K Funding Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 49 and Title 67.

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failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2505: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires retailers and sellers of firearm ammunition to maintain ammunition in an area inaccessible to a customer in a retail establishment; classifies a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2769: Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education, subject to appropriations, for the 2024-2025 school year, to approve voluntary pre-kindergarten programs in an amount sufficient to provide up to 1,200 pre-kindergarten classrooms. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration

died · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2663: Health Care - As introduced, changes, from January 15 to March 1, the date by which the commissioner of health, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and any other state agency involved in the administration of the safety net program, is required to report to the general assembly on data relating to access to care and safety net adequacy related issues. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 2879: Real Property - As introduced, restricts certain real property transactions by certain foreign aliens and entities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 66, Chapter 2.

Failed in Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 19, 2024

HB 404: TennCare - As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Failed in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee