| SB2240 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that the consent required of a woman in order for medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon her aborted fetus must be in writing; allows the taking of photographs of the aborted fetus without the woman's c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 986 |
| HB1100 | Pass | As enacted, requires accountable care organizations to establish a clinical laboratory testing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 29.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 913 |
| SB1480 | Pass | As enacted, extends to all local governments the authorization that county governments currently have to use local funds to rehabilitate or maintain dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries that do not maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 924 |
| SB2303 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 987 |
| HB2557 | Pass | As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 945 |
| SB1698 | Pass | As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 945 |
| SB2234 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 855 |
| HB2473 | Pass | As enacted, adds an exemption from the licensure requirement for motor vehicle dealers for person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or to registered scrap metal processors - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 904 |
| HB2268 | Pass | As enacted, creates the community cemetery grant fund; provisions to be repealed July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 46.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 997 |
| SB2584 | Pass | As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other repor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 1005 |
| SB2597 | Pass | As enacted, allows employees authorized by the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to solicit donations for the improvement of existing homes or for future construction of new homes. - Amends TCA Section 58-7-103.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 856 |
| SB2039 | Pass | As enacted, permits a student with a documented learning disability who is unable to take 12 semester hours as required for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to be eligible for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 971 |
| SB2121 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions regarding promoting prostitution; the dissemination of certain information by the TBI in regard to human trafficking; and the definition of "caregiver" for purposes of the laws governing juvenile courts and proceedings....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 979 |
| SB2670 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and aldermen to be established by ordinance; requires a person to be a resident of the town for two years prior to an election, instead of six months, to be eligible t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 45 |
| SB1875 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the City of Spring Hill to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body; amount of tax not to exceed three percent of the consideration charged by the operator; proceeds to be used so...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 890 |
| HB1983 | Pass | As enacted, revises various provisions governing Tennessee STEP UP scholarships. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 930 |
| SB1474 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the issuance of certain new specialty earmarked plates; extends the minimum order deadline for certain plates; revises other special license plate provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 879 |
| HB2185 | Pass | As enacted, redefines "medium speed vehicle" to include vehicles that have a top speed greater than 30 mph, but whose maximum speed allowed is 35 mph only on streets with a 40 mph or less posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 982 |
| HB1457 | Pass | As enacted, creates the Tennessee Tri-Star General Award, to be awarded by the governor to distinguished individuals who have a record of outstanding service to this state or a local subdivision of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 920 |
| SB1937 | Pass | As enacted, redesignates Historic Rugby from a premier type tourist resort to a historic interpretive center for purposes of consumption of alcohol on premises; removes references to year round in the description of Historic Rugby. - Amends TCA Secti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 965 |
| SB2647 | Pass | As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount of $18,500,000 or less and to issue bond, revenue, and grant anticipation notes; increases the special scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 42 |
| HB1920 | Pass | As enacted, revises various provisions governing TCRS including clarifying that the transfer of funds from the stabilization reserve trust account is not a maximum unfunded liability cost and revising provisions concerning TCRS investments. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 962 |
| SB2350 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes Davidson County and municipalities located in Sullivan County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of a swimming pool or outdoor amphitheater owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847 |
| HB2376 | Pass | As enacted, adds certain situations in which the use of an unmanned aircraft to capture an image is allowed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 900 |
| SB2552 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016," which revises regulation of controlled substances; makes permanent most all of the changes made under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012, and revises and enacts other prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 1002 |
| SB2568 | Pass | As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 1003 |
| SB2672 | Pass | As introduced, adds a fourth general sessions court in Rutherford County, the judge of which shall be elected to a six-year initial term in the August 2016 general election, and eight-year terms thereafter, effective upon 2/3 vote of the local legisl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 40 |
| SB2608 | Pass | As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for any person who leases a motor vehicle on or after July 1, 2016, to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place an electronic tracking device in or on the motor vehicle without the consent of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 860 |
| HB1779 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 969 |
| SB2680 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, makes various revisions to the charter of Jamestown, including amending the qualifications of voters, the manner of holding elections, and the administrative organization of the city court. - Amends Chapter 5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 55 |
| HB1665 | Pass | As enacted, revises eligibility requirements for home school students and students who graduate from an ineligible high school to receive the general assembly merit scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-916.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 943 |
| SB2377 | Pass | As enacted, requires that attorneys' fees be awarded for state and local government employees when such employees are sued in an individual capacity and are the prevailing party. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 848 |
| SB1611 | Pass | As enacted, redefines industrial hemp under the Tennessee Right to Farm Act, and revises other provisions of the Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 891 |
| SB0129 | Pass | As enacted, allows stickers for disabled drivers' license plates to be affixed on any license plate, instead of only on new specialty earmarked plates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 840 |
| HB2043 | Pass | As enacted, removes provision whereby a person who provides prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment could not be charged with the crime of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment solely for that reason. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-402.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951 |
| HB2489 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development of a program whereby 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations may be recognized for the purpose of assisting LEAs through the selection and appointment of qualified v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961 |
| SB0407 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that when declining, revoking, or rescinding parole, the board of probation and parole may set the period of time before the prisoner receives another hearing on the same offense or offenses; no period set by the board may excee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 870 |
| HB1629 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes local governments to enter cooperative purchasing agreements with federal agencies; excludes certain purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 935 |
| SB1626 | Pass | As enacted, establishes an online voter registration system beginning July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 936 |
| SB2659 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the metropolitan council of the metropolitan government of Lynchburg, Moore County to direct the county election commission to conduct an advisory, nonbinding referendum on the question of whether ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 43 |
| HB1416 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane of interstates and multilane divided highways, except for passing and other purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 842 |
| SB1677 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist to provide hormonal contraceptives according to a valid collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a nonpatient-specific prescriptive order and standardized procedures developed and executed by one or mor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 942 |
| HB2493 | Pass | As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other repor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1005 |
| SB2588 | Pass | As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2017, the district attorney general of each judicial district to establish, or cause to be established, a vulnerable adult protective investigative team (VAPIT). - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 1006 |
| HB2053 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the exclusion of residents of correctional institutions from being considered in reapportionment. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 41.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 954 |
| SB2374 | Pass | As enacted, revises various provisions governing licensure and certification for barbers and cosmetologists, including redefining "cosmetology" to include shampooing and natural hairstyling. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 991 |
| HB0976 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that a person who authorizes the practice of teledentistry will be deemed to be practicing dentistry and subject to requirements governing dentistry; requires dentists who deliver services using teledentistry to establish protoc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 918 |
| HB1471 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing permits for movements of overweight and overdimensional vehicles, including permit fees. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 55, Chapter 7, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 923 |
| SB2371 | Pass | As enacted, creates exemption from eye treatment given to newborns and infants for the minor child of any person who files with the department of health a signed, written statement that the treatment conflicts with the person's religious tenets and p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 989 |
| HB1789 | Pass | As enacted, extends, from 180 days to 12 months, the time in which a person granted a permit authorizing a digital billboard has to erect and begin displaying an advertising message before revocation of the permit; allows an extension period of an ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 852 |
