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

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1985: Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, lowers, from 15 to seven, the number of days by which a general sessions judge may postpone a trial for forcible entry and detainer; makes other changes related to forcible entry and detainers. - Amends TCA Title 27; Title 29 and Title 66.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 755

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2257: County Officers - As enacted, requires a court to place a constable on administrative leave pending a preliminary hearing, instead of until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, if the constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude or a felony; requires a court to place the constable on administrative leave until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution if the court finds probable cause that the constable committed the crime. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 753

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1859: Sentencing - As enacted, extends the percentage of a misdemeanor sentence that a court may require a defendant to serve from 75 percent to 100 percent. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1801: Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to statutes of limitations for bringing actions for injury or illness based on certain child sexual abuse offenses, including trafficking offenses. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2363: Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 789

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 1993: Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes a medication aid to administer oral or topical medications prescribed with a nursing designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, regardless of whether a nursing assessment of the patient has been completed by a licensed nurse before administration; removes the prohibition against a medication aide administering medications delivered by aerosol/nebulizers or metered hand-held inhalers without spacers. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 756

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2928: Local Government, General - As enacted, generally prohibits, in Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties, a member of a county governing body from simultaneously serving as a member of the governing body of a municipality within the county for whom the member is a commissioner during the member's term of office, and vice versa, if such prohibition is passed by a two-thirds vote of the entire county or municipal governing body; authorizes a member simultaneously serving on April 22, 2024, to serve out the remainder of the member's terms of office. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 763

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2317: Newspapers and Publications - As enacted, requires, when legal notices must be published in a newspaper of general circulation, that the notice also be published on a news and information website that has a URL, if such a website exists, that meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 1 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 793

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2627: Children - As enacted, adds to the factors considered by a court when making child custody determinations evidence of physical or emotional abuse to the child or to any other person; requires judges involved in child custody proceedings to complete training that is provided by certain persons with experience in assisting survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, or child sexual abuse, and that relies on evidence-based research by recognized experts; prohibits ordering certain reunification treatment. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 799

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2767: Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Baby Olivia Act," which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three minutes in duration that shows the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 795

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2548: County Government - As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legislative body that has the effect of increasing the pay or benefits of county employees to be by recorded electronic vote or by roll call vote; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 798

passed · Tennessee · Senate May 1, 2024

SB 2923: Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800