Tennessee Senate Bill 1905 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-11 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, prohibits the availability of department of economic and community development grants, loans, and incentives to jurisdictions in which the local governmental entity has adopted ordinances or policies expressly prohibiting, or in which an official has materially interfered with, compliance with federal law pertaining to persons who reside in the state illegally, until compliance is proven; requires private employers with less than six employees to comply with employment verification requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

As introduced, prohibits the availability of department of economic and community development grants, loans, and incentives to jurisdictions in which the local governmental entity has adopted ordinances or policies expressly prohibiting, or in which an official has materially interfered with, compliance with federal law pertaining to persons who reside in the state illegally, until compliance is proven; requires private employers with less than six employees to comply with employment verification requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

Sen. Jack Johnson [R]

Sen. Mark Green [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
2016-02-22	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2016-01-25	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2016-01-21	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2016-01-20	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1669 (Crossfiled) 2016-02-19 - Sponsor(s) Added.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1905&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/SB1905.pdf