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All 46,882 Active 15,109 In committee 14,466 Passed 6,752 Signed 22,203 Failed 2,813

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 1312: Education - As introduced, prohibits the administration of standardized tests to students in pre-K-2, unless the tests are used for a diagnostic purpose or required by federal law; prohibits the use of standardized tests for students in K-2 to evaluate a classroom, teacher, school, or school district. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 797: Education, Higher - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 10 the number of days a municipal corporation must wait before enforcing or ceasing to enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of a state institution within its borders after receiving a request from the institution. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 1411: Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, establishes a minimum wage of $15.00 as of July 1, 2017; provides a minimum wage for employees in the service industry who receive tips and employees that are compensated solely by gratuities; authorizes the department of labor and workforce development to promulgate rules in compliance with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 2018

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 941: Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, increases from $500 to $1,000 the amount of the penalty imposed on a person convicted by a court of having injured or destroyed any portion of the gas fixtures or other property belonging to a gas company, having willfully opened a communication into the street or other gas pipes, or having let on gas after it has been stopped by a gas company. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.

Taken off notice for cal. in Business and Utilities Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 38: Military - As introduced, extends certain employment protections to members of the army and air national guards, state guards, and civil air patrols of other states consistent with protections that exist for members of the Tennessee air national guard, state guard, and civil air patrol. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33; Title 50 and Title 58, Chapter 1.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 1205: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to designate employees as administrative law judges or hearing officers for all contested case hearings required by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act rather than solely for admission review hearings for admission to department facilities. - Amends TCA Section 33-1-306.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 828: Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires that any child support payment collected by the department of human services first be used to satisfy the obligor’s child support obligation to the parent or guardian with custody of the child, and only after the amount owed to the parent or guardian has been satisfied may the department use any remaining funds from the payment to satisfy the obligor’s debt to the department or fees. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 524: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA to petition for an administrative hearing on the merits of the commissioner of education's decision to withhold state funds from an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 604: Health Care - As introduced, changes the definition of "uninsured patient" to include an inmate who does not have health care coverage under medicare, TennCare, a contract or insurance, or an employer-sponsored health plan during the period of the inmate's incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 68.

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 316: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to designate employees as administrative law judges or hearing officers for all contested case hearings required by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act rather than solely for admission review hearings for admission to department facilities. - Amends TCA Section 33-1-306.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 5, 2017

HB 580: Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 1st Calendar of 2018

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 5, 2017

SB 764: Probation and Parole - As introduced, permits courts sentencing to probation persons convicted of Class C, D, and E felonies, rather than just Class E, to contract with private probation companies to provide probation services, and establishes minimum qualifications for the private probation companies in order to contract with the courts. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-303.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee