TN Legislation | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0688	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the comptroller to submit, in electronic format, the report of the findings from each study, conducted every four years, of the effectiveness of the Tennessee Promise scholarship program to the speakers of the senate and hou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-29 Sponsor change.
SB2911	Intro 25%	As introduced, prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by a person under 25 years of age if the person was previously adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would have constituted one or more certain offenses; all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2984	Intro 25%	Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
HB2959	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a committee to study the establishment of incarcerated parenting plans to facilitate the ongoing relationships between incarcerated parents and their children within this state; requires the committee to report its findings and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2623	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the chief legislative body of a municipality to create a voluntary attainable housing incentive program by ordinance for the purpose of authorizing certain incentives to be provided to property owners who seek to build attai... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
HB2419	Intro 25%	As introduced, clarifies that only a person who has requested to personally inspect a state, county, or municipal record and whose request has been denied has standing to file an action for judicial review of the denial and that intervention by a non... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Reset on cal. for 4/17/2024
HB2328	Intro 25%	As introduced, prohibits a licensed professional counselor, licensed marital and family therapist, or licensed clinical pastoral therapist from receiving compensation for services rendered in a free health clinic, including, but not limited to, reimb... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
SB2183	Intro 25%	As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the maximum amount of time the commissioner of education can suspend schools in a year when the commissioner requires all teachers to attend county institutes or educational meetings. - Amends... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 82, Nays 3 PNV 0
HB2068	Intro 25%	As introduced, raises from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony certain animal cruelty offenses involving a cock; requires a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500 for the offense of being a spectator at a cock fight. - Amends TCA Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Held on desk.
HB2046	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the department to submit written summaries of policies and guidelines adopted by it to the chairs of the government operations committees of each house, with the policies and guidelines to be posted on the subsequent joint rul... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
SB1503	Intro 25%	As introduced, renames enhanced and concealed handgun carry permits as enhanced and concealed firearm carry permits and authorizes a permit holder to carry any firearms, rather than handguns, that the permit holder legally owns or possesses; expands ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
HB1229	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires a county having a metropolitan form of government that creates a special escrow account earmarked for the sole purpose of generating revenue to provide low income persons with safe and affordable housing to notify the Tennesse... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
HB0692	Intro 25%	As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15, the date by which the commissioner is required to annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act.... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Held on desk.
HB0390	Intro 25%	As introduced, deletes a provision authorizing the state board of education to, in its discretion, waive the requirement that a person employed as a supervisor for the supervision of teaching grades 1-12 have a license of qualification issued by the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2985	Intro 25%	Subject to local approval, changes the appointing authority for vacancies on the Board of Directors of the Bolivar Energy Authority from the mayor to the members of the Board of Directors. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Private Acts of 2006. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
SB2979	Intro 25%	Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903; as amended. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2897	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; requires that the training be obtained by CTAS meetings; extends a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
SB2791	Intro 25%	As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2943	Intro 25%	As introduced, expands the application of certain indecent exposure offenses by including victims from 13 to 17 years of age; increases the penalty for indecent exposure if the victim is between 13 and 17 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2639	Intro 25%	As introduced, restricts certain foreign investments in land located within this state through the creation of two separate prohibitions, one that restricts a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business from acquiring real property and another that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2659	Intro 25%	As introduced, expands student eligibility for a Tennessee future teacher scholarship to include students enrolled in an approved educator preparation program at Western Governors University. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2950	Intro 25%	As introduced, deletes a redundant definition in law relative to intoxicating liquors that defines the commission. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2902	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes from code an outdated requirement that the polysomnography professional standards committee hold at least one public meeting each year during the years 2007 through 2010 to allow public discussion of new developments in the pra... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2710	Intro 25%	As introduced, 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]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2732	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to enter into license agreements for the operation of facilities on lands under the control or supervision of the agency for the improved utilization of state lands and facilities; suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2684	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2851	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller of the treasury to include in any audit conducted by the office of a governing board of a public institution of higher education an examination into whether each institution governed by the board ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2743	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires each institution of higher education in this state to classify a student who is the spouse or dependent child of a service member as an in-state student for tuition purposes if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2857	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes from the definition of "provider-based telemedicine" the requirement that the healthcare service provider or the provider's practice group or healthcare system have an established provider-patient relationship that is documente... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2781	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires a holder of a certificate of registration to notify the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners within 35 days, instead of 30 days, of a change to the certificate holder's mailing address. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 4... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2693	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the court that finds a person incompetent to stand trial for a criminal offense due to intellectual disability to also determine whether the person is subject to involuntary care and treatment at the hearing in which the perso... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2820	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires a supplemental adjustment to state funding for public defender offices in the twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts for pay parity purposes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2809	Intro 25%	As introduced, 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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2517	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2539	Intro 25%	As introduced, reconstitutes the state energy policy council by adding a representative of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a representative of the nuclear energy industry. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2530	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates the artificial intelligence advisory council to recommend an action plan to guide awareness, education, and usage of artificial intelligence in state government that aligns with the state’s policies and goals and that support... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2545	Intro 25%	As introduced, defines "hospital-based laboratory" and "hospital-based laboratory supervisor" for purposes of the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act; provides hospital-based laboratory supervisors the authority to supervise up to four hospital-based la... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
HB2444	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2479	Intro 25%	As introduced, declares that an intrastate commercial good that is produced in this state and that remains within the borders of this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of congress to regulate interstate com... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2332	Intro 25%	As introduced, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2170	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows the comptroller of the treasury to investigate the operations of rural hospitals and facilitate the transfer of the ownership and operations of government-owned rural hospitals that have failed or are abandoned. - Amends TCA Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means
SB2169	Intro 25%	As introduced, establishes TennCare minimum and maximum reimbursement rate levels for rural hospitals and requires that the reimbursement rate is based on the rural hospital's current federal fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means
SB2168	Intro 25%	As introduced, establishes separate reimbursement rates for ground-based rural ambulance services and urban ambulance services provided to TennCare recipients; allows for certain rural ambulance service providers to receive emergency medical services... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means
HB2406	Intro 25%	As introduced, directs the department to identify federal and state regulations that inhibit the efficient processing of applications and delivery of benefits for the food assistance program; requires the department to submit any necessary waiver app... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
SB2159	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
SB2158	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2146	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes a report due by March 1, 2006, from the commissioner to legislative committees concerning the effectiveness of a demonstration project wherein a nursing home allowed a disabled volunteer to assume certain functions in the nursi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
SB2155	Intro 25%	As introduced, 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 offenses to a Class E felony upon a defe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2310	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly removes a minor from this state without the consent of a parent of the minor for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining a healthcare procedure that is for the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
HB2302	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases from 15 days to 15 business days the time period a court may send notification of a defendant's conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals to the appropriate protective agencies if the defendant resides in a household with m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.