| SB2947 | Pass | Subject to local approval, raises the monetary limit on purchases that do not require competitive bidding from $2,500 to $25,000. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1980; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 53 |
| SB2923 | Pass | As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800 |
| SB2928 | Pass | As enacted, generally prohibits, in Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties, a member of a county governing body from simultaneously serving as a member of the governing body of a municipality within the coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 763 |
| SB2766 | Pass | As enacted, revises language prohibiting educators from discriminating against students on certain, specified bases to generally prohibiting educators from discriminating against students on any basis. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2767 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Baby Olivia Act," which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 795 |
| SB2769 | Pass | As enacted, requires an assessor of property to notify the register of deeds as to which records are "permanent records;" revises the definition of a "movable structure" for purposes of classification and assessment of property taxes; authorizes the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2652 | Pass | As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; make...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/19/2024 |
| SB2549 | Pass | As enacted, requires former and current district attorneys general, in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony, to opt in by filing notice of intention to solemnize the rite of matrimony with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 759 |
| SB2591 | Pass | As enacted, makes certain revisions to the "Neighborhood Preservation Act." - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 796 |
| SB2627 | Pass | As enacted, adds to the factors considered by a court when making child custody determinations evidence of physical or emotional abuse to the child or to any other person; requires judges involved in child custody proceedings to complete training tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 799 |
| SB2548 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 798 |
| SB2524 | Pass | As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 757 |
| SB2503 | Pass | As enacted, requires the attorney general to conduct a review of the responsibilities and functions of the human rights commission and make a recommendation to the general assembly as to how the attorney general could assume the responsibilities and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2525 | Pass | As enacted, adds state university boards of trustees to the list of governing boards authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the requirement that persons required to register for the federal draft must be registered for the draft in order to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2410 | Pass | As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 758 |
| SB2495 | Pass | As enacted, requires a probation officer to set required in-person meetings at times and locations that reasonably accommodate the work schedule of the probationer; authorizes the probation officer to utilize a technology portal for communication wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 760 |
| SB2400 | Pass | As enacted, establishes October 9 of each year as "PANDAS Awareness Day" to promote awareness of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2482 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Cassie Wright Act," which makes changes to law relative to a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian having access to certain medical information of their unemancipated minor. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 66 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761 |
| SB2312 | Pass | As enacted, requires a local board of education that provides electronic textbooks and instructional materials to provide a student reasonable access to a printed version of an electronic textbook or instructional material if the student or the stude...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 752 |
| SB2362 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to create a continuing education program for the purpose of providing healthcare professionals with information and training relative to public and office safety. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 749 |
| SB2391 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing trade practices and consumer protection. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2322 | Pass | As enacted, requires the judge of the general sessions court in Scott County to devote full time to the duties of such office and prohibits the judge from the practice of law or any other employment which conflicts with the performance of their dutie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| SB2306 | Pass | As enacted, designates November as "Christian Heritage Month." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 750 |
| SB2317 | Pass | As enacted, requires, when legal notices must be published in a newspaper of general circulation, that the notice also be published on a news and information website that has a URL, if such a website exists, that meets certain requirements. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 793 |
| SB2363 | Pass | As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 789 |
| SB2257 | Pass | As enacted, requires a court to place a constable on administrative leave pending a preliminary hearing, instead of until the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, if the constable is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 753 |
| SB2222 | Pass | As enacted, establishes that it is unlawful for a person to intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending active shooter and hostage situation, knowing that the report is false or baseless if certain information is kno...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794 |
| SB2250 | Pass | As enacted, states that the court, rather than the sheriff or administrative officer of a local jail, may authorize the use of alternative facilities for the incarceration of an offender convicted of a first time offense of driving under the influenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2223 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45 and Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| SB2186 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to thi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 786 |
| SB2264 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a real estate broker licensee who is in good standing with the Tennessee real estate commission at the time the person's license is temporarily retired, and who, as a retiree, has not paid the license renewal fee, causing the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| SB2148 | Pass | As enacted, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on certain analysis; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or othe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 746 |
| SB2147 | Pass | As enacted, make changes to the law protecting elderly persons and disabled adults. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35; Title 36; Title 39 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB2100 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the use of certain third-party examiners, inspectors, engineers, and professionals in lieu of a local or state examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional for certain permitted processes and requirements; establishes procedu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 10/01/2024 |
| SB2079 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to emergency involuntary admission to inpatient treatment and judicial commitment for nonemergency involuntary inpatient treatment. - Amends TCA Section 33-6-503 and Section 33-6-421.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 785 |
| SB2093 | Pass | As enacted, establishes the official policy for the maintenance of records by the department of tourist development. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 10, Chapter 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 740 |
| SB2066 | Pass | As enacted, requires each child care agency in this state to have installed in each room of the child care agency where care is provided to children a carbon monoxide alarm that is listed according to the International Building Code and International...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/19/2024, 07/01/2024 |
| SB2030 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that documents provided through a website with the primary function of providing certificates, registrations, licenses, or similar documents for assistance animals in exchange for payment of a fee are not reliable documentation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 754 |
| SB1993 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a medication aid to administer oral or topical medications prescribed with a nursing designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, regardless of whether a nursing assessment of the patient has been ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 756 |
| SB2017 | Pass | As enacted, requires causes of action for unpaid wages for hours worked, overtime, minimum wage, salary, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation owed to an employee or independent contractor, including ones for breach of contract, unjust enrichme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 747 |
| SB2011 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes TennCare to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL) without rulemaking; requires TennCare to ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762 |
| SB1985 | Pass | As enacted, lowers, from 15 to seven, the number of days by which a general sessions judge may postpone a trial for forcible entry and detainer; makes other changes related to forcible entry and detainers. - Amends TCA Title 27; Title 29 and Title 66...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 755 |
| SB1983 | Pass | As enacted, establishes generally that a condemner bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence certain facts relative to public use; grants the property owner a right to have a court of competent jurisdiction determine if the takin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 748 |
| SB1919 | Pass | As enacted, requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after July 1, 2024, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtaine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 01/01/2025 |
| SB1938 | Pass | As enacted, names the law prohibiting an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization the "Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act." - Amends TCA Section 49-2-123.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024 |
| SB1903 | Pass | As enacted, defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 742 |
| SB1915 | Pass | As enacted, generally prohibits certain licensing boards for professions, including medical professions, from using a vague term in its consideration and its notice or decision for denying a license due to a prior criminal prosecution unless an expla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 788 |
| SB1905 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that an order of protection for domestic abuse remains in effect during an appeal from a final ruling on the order of protection by a general sessions court or by an official authorized to issue such an order unless the order ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 751 |
| SB1887 | Pass | As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 797 |
| SB1859 | Pass | As enacted, extends the percentage of a misdemeanor sentence that a court may require a defendant to serve from 75 percent to 100 percent. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743 |
