| TN | SB1458 | Pass | As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399 |
| TN | SB1220 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 381 |
| TN | SB0233 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law relative to security guards/officers. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 57 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 357 |
| TN | SB0723 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes certain persons entering into employment as a municipal or county building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical inspector with an exempt jurisdiction to perform certain services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 376 |
| TN | SB0201 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act," which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 354 |
| TN | SB1211 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law relative to the criminal injuries compensation fund for victims of human trafficking offenses. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8 and Title 29, Chapter 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 359 |
| TN | SB0269 | Pass | As enacted, changes the designation of June 19, known as "Juneteenth," from a day of special observance to a legal holiday. - Amends TCA Title 15.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | SB0183 | Pass | As enacted, requires mental health evaluation and treatment for juveniles who commit aggravated animal cruelty under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0004 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a deaf mentor and parent advisor program to assist families in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind at the Tennessee Schools for the Deaf ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0013 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits a court clerk, upon request by an individual on a payment or installment plan, from requiring the individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding during the 180-day pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | SB0195 | Pass | As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0355 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | SB1143 | Pass | As enacted, adds that to be eligible for a professional license or permit issued by the alcoholic beverage commission, an applicant may show that the applicant has a valid J-1 or F-1 student visa. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB1221 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of education to grant an individual pursuing clinical experience in an educator preparation program (EPP) who meets certain requirements a temporary permit to teach in a teaching position in which an LEA or pub...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Effective date(s) 4/28/2023, 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB1205 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits disclosure of certain information by an advocate in regard to a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking in a judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding unless the victim gives express...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SJR0692 | Pass | Gracie Watson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB0799 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the department to disclose de-identified data that is collected from records maintained by ambulance service and invalid vehicle operators licensed or permitted by the department, including for the purpose of providing opioid o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0284 | Pass | As enacted, establishes the procedure for the administrative office of the courts to issue payment to an expert who makes a court-ordered determination of intellectual disability in a person who has been sentenced to death prior to May 11, 2021. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB0721 | Pass | As enacted, exempts a patient receiving an initial behavioral health evaluation via telehealth from the requirement that a patient have an in-person encounter with a healthcare services provider, the healthcare services provider’s practice group, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/24/2023 |
| TN | SB0464 | Pass | As enacted, designates a segment of the Duck River in Maury County as a Class II scenic river; requires permitting of certain water resource projects in Class II scenic river areas, subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner of environment and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0014 | Pass | As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB0292 | Pass | As enacted, applies on a statewide basis, rather than only in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis, the distance parameter for the prohibition on needle and hypodermic syringe exchange programs being operated within 1,000 feet of a school o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0979 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law definitions relative to abuse. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB0884 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade "on-track" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school, to submit a report of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 322 |
| TN | SB0963 | Pass | As enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 318 |
| TN | SJR0755 | Pass | Hunter Riley Adair, Eagle Scout
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0756 | Pass | Benjamin Andrews, Eagle Scout
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0781 | Pass | Theron Ira Louis Lacy
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0557 | Pass | David Hicks Lillard, Sr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0522 | Pass | Former Tennessee First Lady Honey Alexander
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0525 | Pass | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Regional Director Dr. Tracey Morant Adams and AKA Day at the Capitol
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0526 | Pass | Clarice Phelps
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0533 | Pass | Women Veterans Appreciation Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0534 | Pass | Great Smoky Mountains National Park Honoring Our Veterans Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SR0130 | Pass | Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, 120th anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SR0121 | Pass | Elizabeth McNish Holiway
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SR0156 | Pass | Dr. Melissa Collins, Tennessee Teacher of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SB1072 | Fail | As introduced, decriminalizes the possession of certain amounts of marijuana by making such possession a civil violation punishable by a $25 fine or community service; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SJR0494 | Pass | Carole Bucy
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0512 | Pass | Bob Bernstein
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SR0133 | Pass | Senator Mark Pody and Barbara Pody, 50th wedding anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SB1138 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires residents of a correctional institution, who cannot by law register in the county as voters, to be included in consideration of representation at their recorded home of residence prior to incarceration, or their new address if...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-19
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB0618 | Pass | As enacted, permits the use of a person's full social security number; taxpayer identification number; birth date; name, if the person is a minor; or financial account number in court filings regarding parenting plans. - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/04/2023 |
| TN | SB0872 | Pass | As enacted, changes from urges to requires the standards recommendation committee to include certain academic standards regarding the civil rights movement in the committee's final recommendation of academic standards in the subject of social studies...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/04/2023 |
| TN | SB0533 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the grant of sick leave from a sick leave bank to a state employee to care for a sick minor child of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0555 | Pass | As enacted, expands the types of projects that may be funded under the Tourism Development Authority Act; clarifies the sources of revenue to fund such projects; excludes ad valorem real property taxes from such sources of revenue that are available ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/04/2023 |
| TN | SB1076 | Engross
50% | As introduced, requires the department to collect, maintain, and transmit to the children’s bureau within the United States department of health and human services data required or requested pursuant to federal law for programs focused on childrenâ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-13
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
| TN | SJR0532 | Pass | State Capitol Troopers and Sergeants at Arms
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0004 | Pass | Nation of Israel, 75th anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-12
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1031 | Intro
25% | As introduced, clarifies that staying in an overnight shelter that is administered by a municipality is a legitimate reason for a sexual offender to remain within 1,000 feet of a public school, private or parochial school, licensed day care center, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-12
To Senate Calendar Committee |
