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8,952
all sessions
Attendance
92%
693 missed
With party
99%
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Higher than 77% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Sponsored
560
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
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0
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8,952 roll-call votes
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Absent
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Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 298
Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, creates a task force to study the issues created by the maintenance of certification process for Tennessee physicians; prohibits board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination from taking certain action on a license based on nonparticipation in any form of maintenance of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 462
School Transportation - As introduced, authorizes LEAs, directly or by contract, to install, operate, or maintain cameras on the outside of school buses to record vehicles unlawfully passing stopped school buses; allows persons cited to pay the fine out of court; imposes additional penalties that apply under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Absent
Passed
5–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 14
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Apr 4, 2017
SB 271
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 849
Public Health - As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 525
Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, exempts certain § 501(c)(4) advocacy organizations from registering with, and being regulated by, the secretary of state as a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5. Against party
Yea
Failed
2–4
Apr 4, 2017
SB 779
Education - As introduced, creates a tuition assistance program from proceeds of the state lottery to develop a two-year pilot program that allows Fairview High School students to participate in dual enrollment at Columbia State Community College and earn an associate degree in advanced manufacturing courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 897
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds LEAs to the provisions whereby a county, municipality, utility district, or other local governmental entity having centralized purchasing authority with a full-time purchasing agent is authorized, by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, to increase the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required to an amount not to exceed $25,000 for nonemergency, nonproprietary purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212 and Title 49, Chapter 2.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 475
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 1, 2018, on the impact of the treatment guidelines developed pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-401, on the abuse of opioids in this state; the commissioner shall also make appropriate recommendations for any needed additional legislation to address issues raised by opioid abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
SB 429
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes the department of health to establish a prescription drug donation repository program. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 4, 2017
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