| TN | HB1872 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1063 |
| TN | HB2809 | Pass | As enacted, expands the definition of a law enforcement officer to include retired law enforcement officers who are carrying a firearm pursuant to certain state laws for purposes of when a law enforcement officer may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1065 |
| TN | HB2310 | Pass | As enacted, creates a civil cause of action against any person who intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure, regardless of where the medical pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1064 |
| TN | HB0587 | Pass | As enacted, lowers the threshold for enhancing the minimum sentence of a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, from a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent or more to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1011 |
| TN | HB2692 | Pass | As enacted, enacts "The Debbie and Marie Domestic Violence Protection Act," which makes revisions to law related to global positioning monitoring system devices, including requiring the court to order an offender to wear such a device under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1033 |
| TN | HB1614 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021 |
| TN | HB2318 | Pass | As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to physician assistants and nurses. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1042 |
| TN | HB1862 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact." - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1018 |
| TN | HB2553 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 47; Title 48 and Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024, 01/01/2025 |
| TN | HB0430 | Pass | As enacted, makes revisions to the law relevant to juvenile courts and proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1007 |
| TN | HB2323 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1259 | Pass | As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009 |
| TN | HB2814 | Pass | As enacted, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB2940 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024 |
| TN | HB1128 | Pass | As enacted, generally requires, when a person is arrested, booked, or confined in the jail of a county or municipality, the arresting law enforcement agency and the keeper of a jail to collaborate to verify the citizenship status of the person and th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1008 |
| TN | HB2190 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the governor to deploy up to a brigade-sized force to Texas to assist in repelling the invasion at the southern border of the United States during fiscal year 2024-2025. - Amends TCA Title 58.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024 |
| TN | HB1881 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB2002 | Pass | As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district, creates one additional trial court in the 19th judicial district; eliminates part VII of the circuit court in the 13th judicial district; and eliminates part IX of the cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024 |
| TN | HB2054 | Pass | As enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024 |
| TN | HB1012 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to law relative to certain fees collected by sheriffs and constables. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10; Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9 and Section 65-3-118.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1817 | Pass | As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class D felony to a Class B felony for a person who negligently, by act or omission, engages in conduct that places a child eight years of age or less in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1663 | Pass | As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951 |
| TN | HB1643 | Pass | As enacted, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a questio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1641 | Pass | As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor of violating a condition of release on bail; authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest such an offender without a warrant. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 942 |
| TN | HB2584 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits the department from charging a permit application fee to a local government entity for a general aquatic resource alteration permit for emergency infrastructure repair, or a general aquatic resource alteration permit for mainten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 930 |
| TN | HB2845 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act." - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961 |
| TN | HB1021 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to the "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 29 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB2031 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958 |
| TN | HB2641 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes counties and municipalities, by resolution or ordinance of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county or municipality at a rate less than the lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024 |
| TN | HB2683 | Pass | As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to hazardous duty supplemental benefits; makes related benefits revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 01/01/2025 |
| TN | HB2682 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2026, a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or of a local retirement fund, to be reemployed in a position covered by the retirement system without the loss or suspension of the member...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB2704 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of children's services, county medical examiners, chief medical examiners, and facilities that perform autopsies to establish policies and procedures for the prioritization of the completion of final autopsy report...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 881 |
| TN | HB0835 | Pass | As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024 |
| TN | HB2897 | Pass | As enacted, encourages a person authorized to dispense prescription drugs, after a request to fill or renew a prescription drug and prior to the point of sale, to make reasonable efforts to notify the person for whom the prescription drug is being fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 854 |
| TN | HB2348 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 872 |
| TN | HB2472 | Pass | As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to advise an employee who is assaulted by a student of the employee's rights as a result of the assault; requires, instead of authorizes, the suspension of a student who commits an assault against ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024 |
| TN | HB2320 | Pass | As enacted, requires, in an action on consumer debt filed in a general sessions court, the plaintiff to include certain information with a civil warrant or any other leading process used to initiate the action; requires, prior to an award of a defaul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | HB1719 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869 |
| TN | HB2369 | Pass | As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 851 |
| TN | HB2088 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state employee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847 |
| TN | HB2787 | Pass | As enacted, requires the statewide building construction safety standards to allow a local government to amend the adopted building code for three-family dwellings and four-family dwellings in accordance with the standards; provides that, in amending...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 946 |
| TN | HB2215 | Pass | As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to conduct a study and compile a report to be submitted to the general assembly on real estate fraud in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 13; Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 941 |
| TN | HB2460 | Pass | As enacted, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 811 |
| TN | HB2619 | Pass | As enacted, generally prohibits the department from using state funds to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse, or for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821 |
| TN | HJR1498 | Pass | Memphis Police Department and Shelby County District Attorney
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB0133 | Pass | As enacted, changes from April to March, the month in which certain nominating petitions need to be filed. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 822 |
| TN | HJR1504 | Pass | Kim McCaster Cox
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HJR0854 | Pass | Designates August 11, 2024, as "Sheriff Eddie Tester Day."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HJR1027 | Pass | Jillian Ludwig
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-03
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1640 | Pass | As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the compe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
