| TN | SB2278 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, authorizes the department of agriculture to submit and publish its annual report to the general assembly and the public on efforts to prevent the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age electronically and on the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB0756 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of human services to advertise prominently on the home page of the department's website the division of adult protective services' toll-free telephone service that enables citizens within the state to call the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB1644 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, allows members of the council on autism spectrum disorder to receive reimbursement for travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Section 4-3-2711.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB1792 | Engross
50% | As introduced, 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 perform reasonable age-verif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 |
| TN | SB1882 | Engross
50% | As introduced, authorizes a charitable nonprofit corporation located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County that acquires replacement property which is operated as a licensed residential home for the aged, to claim and fil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 |
| TN | SB1881 | Engross
50% | 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
Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 |
| TN | SB1936 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, changes the application requirements for international medical school graduates applying for special licenses. - Amends TCA Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by H. Speaker |
| TN | SB2116 | Engross
50% | 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
Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 |
| TN | SB2801 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, requires all TennCare health benefit plans to provide coverage and reimbursement for mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the plans provide coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of alcoholism and drug dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by H. Speaker |
| TN | 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 |
| TN | SB2374 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by H. Speaker |
| TN | SB0898 | Engross
50% | As introduced, creates the professional music therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of music therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA1078) |
| TN | SB2749 | Engross
50% | As introduced, enacts the “Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 5 (Amendment 5 - HA1120) |
| TN | SB2368 | Engross
50% | As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration, or the commissioner's designee, to make available to the public on the department's website any proposed budget document or other financial publication that lists complex rehabil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 |
| TN | SB1929 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, creates an Amber+ Alert system for the purpose of issuing alerts with respect to certain youth who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, reported missing and at risk of harm, or reported missing and develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | 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. |
| TN | SB1659 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases from 1,500 to 5,000 the number of acres of land that may be placed within one property tax jurisdiction for purposes of classification and assessment as agricultural, forest, or open space land; increases from 1,500 to 5,000 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | 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. |
| TN | 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. |
| TN | SB1594 | Engross
50% | As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to include any change orders in the commissioner's quarterly report submitted to the state building commission regarding the status of road projects. - Amends TCA Title 54.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1008) |
| TN | SB1791 | Pass | As introduced, requires all infants born in this state to be screened for specific genetic, metabolic, or other heritable conditions, including, but not limited to, conditions listed on the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP); allows the depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2117 | Intro
25% | As introduced, defines a home for the aged that houses three or fewer nonrelated persons as a tier 1 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities; defines a home for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2134 | Engross
50% | As introduced, enacts the Social Work Licensure Compact. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0709) |
| TN | SB2147 | Pass | As introduced, increases from 48 hours to 72 hours, the time period prior to a hearing on the merits of a complaint for an order authorizing the provision of protective services necessary to prevent imminent danger of irreparable physical or mental h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2902 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the board of trustees for the retirement system to include a certification of the amount of normal contributions, accumulated liability contribution, and cost of living contribution required from an employer for state judges a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2156 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes from February 1 to January 15, the deadline for the commissioners of safety and education to present their annual report to the governor and the general assembly concerning implementation of the Schools Against Violence in Educ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2538 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes from three to four the number of members the governor is authorized to appoint to an enrolling board in each county to act in lieu of the county assessor for purposes of enrolling county residents in the state militia. - Amends...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB1972 | Engross
50% | As introduced, requires the court to order an offender to wear a global positioning monitoring system device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety; specifies th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB1588 | Pass | As enacted, increases from 500 to 650 the minimum number of curriculum hours that an applicant for licensure in massage must have completed at a board-approved institution for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy in order to be eligible for licensur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 718 |
| TN | SB2883 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act," which requires health insurance coverage for the early detection of prostate cancer for men who meet certain risk criteria or age thresholds. - Amends TCA ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB0177 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires TennCare to create and implement a three-year pilot program to provide remote maternal health services to eligible TennCare recipients; authorizes the TennCare director to seek a federal waiver as necessary to implement the pi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0359 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in a state special school on or after July 1, 2023, to equal or exceed the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel with comparable training and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0364 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the date within which a student must be enrolled in a full-time eligible postsecondary program to be eligible for a Tennessee Promise scholarship from the fall term after the student's graduation of high school or similar achie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0529 | Intro
25% | As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0750 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department to create and implement a promising futures program to provide scholarships to children who are not school age to assist them in developing early language and literacy skills in a high-quality early care and lea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0763 | Intro
25% | As introduced, exempts official Tennessee state flags and flags of the United States from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1282 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds the government operations committees of both houses to the list of legislative committees to receive annual reports from the commission on aging and disability concerning funding sources used to support the health, safety, and wel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1316 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of possession of a used, detached catalytic converter by an unauthorized person from a Class A misdemeanor punishable only by fine to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0536 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds, for purposes of juvenile court proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings, certain offenses to those that constitute severe child abuse if the act was committed toward the child or there was a knowing failure to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0530 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "First Lady's Children's Trust Fund Act," which creates a trust fund to support persons and entities seeking assistance in the care of children in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0531 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing to allow case managers to have no more than 20 open cases, rather than an average of 20 active cases; states that a "person residing in the child's home" includes a person living in a reside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0085 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Employee Ownership, Empowerment, and Expansion Act," to support the growth and expansion of employee-owned businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 45; Title 50; Title 56, Chapter 1 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1647 | Intro
25% | As introduced, provides a 25 percent discount on the tuition charged by a state institution of higher education to the child of an active or retired member of the Tennessee army national guard or the Tennessee air national guard. - Amends TCA Title 4...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1671 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1670 | Pass | As introduced, adds certain assisted-care living facilities, nursing homes, and emergency communications centers as locations where a newborn safety device may be located. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1672 | Intro
25% | As introduced, reduces, from 23 to 21, the minimum age required for a student to be eligible for the Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1793 | Pass | As introduced, allows unlicensed persons who have completed a competency-based training program and are employed by certain personal support service agencies licensed under title 33 to administer certain medications to individuals who are incapable o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1783 | Intro
25% | As introduced, reallocates 5 percent of the privilege tax collected from licensees that offer sports wagering in this state from the lottery for education account to a new Tennessee Promise completion grant special account created to assist the commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1977 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2277 | Intro
25% | As introduced, creates a registry of persons convicted of the criminal offense of domestic assault; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
