| HB1997 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the classifying as confidential and not subject to disclosure, except by court order, the records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 974 |
| SB2167 | Pass | As enacted, requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to issue certificates of registration for mobile barber shops and licenses for mobile cosmetology, dual, manicure, skin care, or other category of shop licensed by the board. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 983 |
| HB1757 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 987 |
| HB1879 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Course Access Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 889 |
| HB2026 | Pass | As enacted, revises references to criminal offenses in the expunction provisions to conform to changes made to those criminal offenses by the Public Safety Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 960 |
| HB2477 | Pass | As enacted, urges the Tennessee Valley Authority to take steps to reopen the bridge spanning the confluence of the Caney Fork and Collins Rivers, which is commonly known as the Great Falls Dam, for thoroughfare traffic connecting White and Warren cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1000 |
| HB2439 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Municipal Energy Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 995 |
| HB1654 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 986 |
| SB1144 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of education, when publishing the list of priority schools, to list all schools in the state in order by success rate from the highest to the lowest; and list all schools in each county and each LEA in order by suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 916 |
| SB2677 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen, from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 56 |
| SB1850 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to obtain records maintained by any healthcare facility in order to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, opioid drug overdoses, and opioid overdose deaths. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 959 |
| SB2384 | Pass | As enacted, repeals registration requirement for certain health clubs; specifies that such clubs post a surety bond in the amount of $25,000 for each location conducting business in this state or certify their net worth of at least $10 million; remov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 858 |
| SB2471 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 904 |
| HB2095 | 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
Pub. Ch. 860 |
| SB1561 | Pass | As enacted, redefines "autonomous technology" for purposes of provision whereby no political subdivision may by ordinance, resolution, or any other means prohibit within the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision the use of a motor ve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 927 |
| SB2341 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that a person with a felony sentence of two years or less who is placed on probation based on reaching their release eligibility date may have their probation revoked pursuant to a revocation proceeding; revises other related pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 899 |
| SB2673 | Pass | Subject to local approval, changes the election process for the mayor and aldermen elections; extends the terms of the mayor and aldermen from two years to four years. - Amends Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 58 |
| SB1736 | Pass | As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing, with respect to any claim based on the person's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 947 |
| HB2116 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that if domestic abuse is the underlying offense for which a tenancy is terminated, only the perpetrator may be evicted; enacts other provisions governing and domistic violence. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 895 |
| SB2395 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 864 |
| HB2623 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the authorized maximum amount of the hotel motel tax from six percent to seven percent; requires revenues generated from such increase to be used for increased funding for parks and recreation, econ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pr. Ch. 47 |
| HB1657 | 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
Pub. Ch. 847 |
| HB2377 | Pass | As enacted, requires that all biological evidence collected for a criminal offense or offenses in which one or more of the defendants received a sentence of death based upon the same criminal acts, whether the defendants were tried separately or toge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 988 |
| HB2389 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 864 |
| HB1897 | 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
Pub. Ch. 856 |
| HB2426 | Pass | As enacted, requires all LEAs using the uniform grading system for lottery scholarship purposes, and another grading system based on quality points for other purposes, to award additional quality points for honors and other advanced courses uniformly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 957 |
| SB1740 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 948 |
| SB2658 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the Tullahoma utilities authority. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 54 |
| HB1535 | Pass | As enacted, reduces the capital investment requirement for eligibility for qualified data center sales and use tax exemptions from $250 million to $100 million; exempts cooling equipment and backup power equipment sold or used by qualified data cente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1001 |
| SB1690 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a suspension of tank fees under the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act, in certain situations; revises certain provisions regarding the petroleum underground storage tank fund. - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 877 |
| HB0710 | Pass | As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene a task force to examine the statutory tuition discount and waiver programs offered at public institutions of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Cha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 910 |
| HB2120 | Pass | As enacted, extends the statute of limitation for aggravated statutory rape committed on or after July 1, 2016, from four years to 15 years from the date the victim becomes 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958 |
| HB2009 | Pass | As enacted, changes various references from "curriculum" to "standards" in present law in order to clarify that the state board of education is responsible for academic standards and local boards are responsible for curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 999 |
| SB1633 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed property and electric cooperatives. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 66, Chapter 29, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 937 |
| SB2070 | Pass | As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894 |
| SB2488 | 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
Pub. Ch. 997 |
| HB2505 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 971 |
| SB2279 | Pass | As enacted, allows petitioner to request expedited expunction in cases where the person was arrested or charged due to mistaken identity. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 893 |
| SB2570 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing the information report submitted by retailers to the commissioner of revenue regarding the sales of certain products. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 907 |
| HB1775 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing the garnishment of earnings; changes references from garnishment of "salaries, wages or other compensation" to garnishment of "earnings". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 2 and Title 29, Chapter 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 851 |
| HB2335 | Pass | As enacted, eliminates requirement that a party remove a case to state court within 90 days after the complaint is filed if the Tennessee human rights commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination took place in regard to h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 863 |
| SB1214 | 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
Pub. Ch. 918 |
| SB1695 | 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
Pub. Ch. 943 |
| SB1799 | Pass | As enacted, permits the issuance of self-distribution permits to farm wine permit holders, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 857 |
| HB1712 | Pass | As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to encourage public health organizations, the medical community, the department of education, the department of labor and workforce development, the department of general services, and other relevant st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 886 |
| SB2667 | Pass | As introduced, subject to local approval, requires approval of the board of mayor and aldermen for personnel decisions of the mayor. - Amends Chapter 94 of the Private Acts of 1993.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 48 |
| HB1823 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 942 |
| SB1090 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that no fee may be charged for the interment of an eligible veteran in a state veterans' cemetery and limits the fee to $610 for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 915 |
| HB1686 | Pass | As enacted, requires that bonds issued by the state funding board be sold in such manner and at such times as may be approved by the board rather than requiring those bonds to be sold at public sale or, at the discretion of the board and until June 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-05-02
Pub. Ch. 849 |
| SB1864 | 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
Pub. Ch. 961 |
