Rep. Bill Sanderson

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; revises penalty for offense of failure to appear; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

Children - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding child abuse; revises certain provisions regarding detention of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 36 and Title 37.

Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of judicial conduct; rewrites other provisions governing the board. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5.

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TennCare - As enacted, directs the governor, through the commissioner of finance and administration, to submit a waiver amendment to the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide TennCare II funding by means of a block grant indexed for inflation and population growth. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56 and Title 71.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Representative Barbara Cooper, 90th birthday -

Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of judicial conduct; rewrites other provisions governing the board. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5.

Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various provisions governing statutes of limitations for civil actions and criminal prosecutions for cases involving abuse against child; revises penalty for failure to report abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37 and Title 40.

Sexual Offenders - As enacted, revises provisions governing the circumstances under which the TBI is required to remove a sexual offender's name from the registry; adds successful completions of judicial diversion for certain offenses to such circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.

Adoption - As enacted, provides that if a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a pending adoption proceeding, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the guardian ad litem's fees will be divided equally between the parties, excluding the person being adopted; specifies that if a party is found by the court to be indigent, the guardian ad litem will charge that party's portion of the fees to the state through the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system, and bill the remaining parties at the same hourly rate as paid by the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.