| SB1913 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee systems to allow reasonable time for public comments at regularly scheduled board meetings. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2627 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a board of trustees for the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SJR0465 | Intro
Sine Die | Strongly urges Congress and the executive branch of the federal government to change statutes and regulations relating to suboxone and subutex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2511 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, encourages LEAs to select textbooks for economics that contain information about student loans and home mortgages. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2160 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the board of regents from approving mandatory fees for institutions to supply textbooks to students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1895 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Delegation Act for Home and Community Living," which authorizes a registered nurse to delegate certain health maintenance tasks to an unlicensed person if the nurse adheres to a delegation process; limits ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB1902 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, limits spending by the University of Tennessee on diversity, multicultural, or sustainability programs to $2,500,000 per year; requires an annual written report to the general assembly on such expenditures; prohibits employees working ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2633 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the local board of education from increasing the salary or compensation for the director of schools, unless the board approves a raise for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1868 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the administrative departments of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to make meetings directly affecting current students, alumni, faculty, or staff of the university subject to the open meetings laws; excludes meetings ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1981 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to establish a pre-arrest diversion program from minor drug charges. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 68 and Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB1489 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts "Lara's Law," which requires used motor vehicle dealers to notify purchasers of used motor vehicles of certain recalls pertaining to the motor vehicle prior to the sale. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55 and Title 62.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB1898 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates preference for retaining tenured teachers over nontenured teachers during a reduction of force; prohibits the dismissal of a tenured teacher in a reduction of force if another position is available in the system; prohibits the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2438 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the number of days within which a registrant with the division of health related boards must notify the division of a change in address from 30 days to 45 days. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB1845 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires each LEA to annually report to the department of education the number and types of task forces, programs, and initiatives established concerning harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyber-bullying. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1812 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a school assigned to the ASD from serving grades other than those served by the school before its assignment to the ASD; prohibits the ASD from recruiting students zoned for another school if a school is assigned to the ASD. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2073 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends the current moratorium on the issuance of certificates of need for new nursing home and skilled nursing facility beds until June 30, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1609 and Section 68-11-1622.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB1178 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that the fees collected pursuant to the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act be separated from all other collections and expenditures of THEC. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2178 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a charter school operator to demonstrate certain student achievement levels before a charter school operator is authorized to operate any other public charter school within either the ASD or an LEA. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-6...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2185 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a parent of any student who is withdrawn from school mid-school year to be home schooled to notify the director of schools of the parent's intention to home school the student. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3050.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2290 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, recreates the select committee on children and youth. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 37 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2446 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Act to Restore Hope, Opportunity, and Prosperity for Everyone"; imposes a variety of restrictions and requirements on the food stamp, TANF, and TennCare programs in order to combat fraud. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2084 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Access to Pediatric Rare Disease Treatment Information Act"; provides for sharing of essential treatment information for children with cancer among certain health care institutions. - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB2313 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reestablishes the health equity commission. - Amends TCA Title 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB0884 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, sets the BEP instructional salary unit cost for the 2015–2016 fiscal year at the statewide average licensed teacher salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2513 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows LEAs to use funds obtained by selling unusable or replaced textbooks for technology in addition to textbooks and instructional materials. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1152 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits assigning a school from an LEA to the achievement school district, if the assignment results in a majority of the achievement school district's schools being from that LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2318 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, recreates the special joint committee on workers' compensation issues. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB2205 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the local board from requiring student scores on achievement tests to comprise a percentage of the student’s grade in certain subjects; authorizes the local board of education to create a policy to allow student scores on a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2309 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, restores the joint select committee on business taxes. - Amends TCA Title 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB2080 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subjects the Tennessee intercollegiate state legislature foundation to examination and audit by the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 20.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB1569 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits legal counsel for a school district from holding any other position with the school district; prohibits legal counsel for a county or city school district from holding a position with the county or city government. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB1711 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires LEAs to have senior year remedial programs for students who test less than college ready on the ACT given in their junior year of high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| SB2307 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, makes requesting a person to provide the person's social security number an unfair or deceptive act under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977, unless the request is required by federal or state law, or any rule promulgated pursuant to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2522 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises provisions governing fetal tissue obtained as a result of a medical or surgical abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 30, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2212 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the penalty of assault to a Class E felony if committed against a law enforcement officer or first responder. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1594 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts certain 501(c)(4) entities, operating as advocacy organizations, from registering as a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1917 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a person licensed to offer flex loans to recover from a defaulting customer collection and court costs without referring the matter to an attorney if the flex loan plan or secured plan provides for the recovery of those cost...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/22/2016 |
| SB2462 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, limits the persons who may solemnize marriage to ministers, pastors, rabbis, priests, and other spiritual leaders; removes all existing authorization for public officials in official capacity to solemnize marriage. - Amends TCA Title 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2018 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department to implement a database no later than January 1, 2018, for licensees providing deferred presentment and flex loan transactions to ensure that customers are not exceeding certain limits under present law for such...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/22/2016 |
| SB1846 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes sales and use tax exemption for retail sales of periodicals printed entirely on newsprint or bond paper and regularly distributed twice monthly, or on a biweekly or more frequent basis, and advertising supplements or other prin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB0696 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 53.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0192 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from 10 days to 30 days the amount of time that a real estate broker, affiliate broker, time-share salesperson, or acquisition agent has to respond to a complaint of professional misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 62.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/22/2016 |
| SB2328 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for a person who knowingly issues, or significantly contributes to the issuance of, a credit rating for a security in which the rating is materially false or misleading. - Amends TCA Title 39 and T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/22/2016 |
| SB2024 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to report to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house, on or before December 31, 2016, concerning benefits and costs associated with the coverage of emergency medical tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2521 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the Rock Island Historical Commission; requires the commission to make recommendations concerning the historic Great Falls Mill that was placed on Tennessee's Preservation Trust Top Ten Most Endangered Sites in Tennessee. - Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB1908 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates various causes of action for members of a homeowners' association against a homeowners' association; authorizes a declarant of a homeowners' association to retain full control of a project until its completion. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Deferred to Summer Study |
| SB2046 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set the state’s minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB0500 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to transmit the commissioner's annual report to the governor or the general assembly in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 45.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/22/2016 |
| SB2512 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from January 31 to December 1 the date for which the comptroller of the treasury, in cooperation with the TRA, must provide an annual report to the general assembly on the status of the provision of broadband services in histor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2472 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises the reporting requirements of the Tennessee regulatory authority's annual report comparing the rates of municipal utilities, cooperatives, and utility districts providing water, gas, or electricity to the rates of water, gas, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
