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All 46,882 Active 14,572 In committee 13,959 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 7, 2022

HB 2842: Election Laws - As introduced, requires the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign; prohibits county election commissions from prohibiting workers or volunteers from using the designated restroom facilities if the worker or volunteer covers or removes clothing and accoutrements bearing campaign material. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2022

HB 2578: Probation and Parole - As introduced, requires an inmate to be released on parole upon reaching the inmate's release eligibility date or subsequent parole hearing if the inmate has not been convicted of a prior criminal offense, was not convicted of a violent offense, sexual offense, or violent sexual offense, has successfully completed the programming recommended by the department of correction, and has not received a Class A or Class B disciplinary offense under department of correction policy within one year of the parole hearing. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 2755: Probation and Parole - As introduced, requires an inmate to be released on parole upon reaching the inmate's release eligibility date or subsequent parole hearing if the inmate has not been convicted of a prior criminal offense, was not convicted of a violent offense, sexual offense, or violent sexual offense, has successfully completed the programming recommended by the department of correction, and has not received a Class A or Class B disciplinary offense under department of correction policy within one year of the parole hearing. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2022

HB 2034: Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, creates the offense of unlawful restraint of a dog when an owner leaves a dog outside and unattended by use of a restraint without access to adequate shelter and potable water or restrains a dog outside and unattended by use of a prohibited restraint; classifies the offense as a Class C misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense as a Class B misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

died · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2022

HB 946: Public Health - As introduced, establishes a deadline of January 1 for the submission of the annual plan of expenditures with relation to state grant-in-aid funds submitted by each county to the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5 and Title 68.

Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 2305: Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, creates the offense of unlawful restraint of a dog when an owner leaves a dog outside and unattended by use of a restraint without access to adequate shelter and potable water or restrains a dog outside and unattended by use of a prohibited restraint; classifies the offense as a Class C misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense as a Class B misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 1236: Capital Punishment - As introduced, allows a defendant who has been sentenced to the death penalty and whose conviction is final to petition the trial court for a determination of whether the defendant is ineligible for the death penalty due to intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 2716: Witnesses - As introduced, creates the Tennessee witness protection and relocation grant pilot program within the department of finance and administration's office of criminal justice programs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

died · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 148: Public Health - As introduced, establishes a deadline of January 1 for the submission of the annual plan of expenditures with relation to state grant-in-aid funds submitted by each county to the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5 and Title 68.

Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 2737: Criminal Procedure - As introduced, creates a registry of persons convicted of certain crimes in which the victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to maintain the registry based upon information provided by the court clerk. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 6, 2022

HB 2695: Criminal Procedure - As introduced, creates a registry of persons convicted of certain crimes in which the victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to maintain the registry based upon information provided by the court clerk. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 6, 2022

SB 878: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, permits an LEA's notification to all teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model of training and professional development opportunities available on growth portfolio models to be made electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Failed in Education Administration