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State Legislature US Congress

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 737: Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the disclosure concerning transferability of credits that institutions authorized to operate by THEC must make to potential students to be in 18-point type rather than 16-point type. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 645: Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, requires the department of agriculture's annual report on efforts to enforce the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco and Vapor Products Act be posted on the department's website for dissemination to the public and submitted electronically to the general assembly on or before January 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 708: Education - As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 532: Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes local governments to provide supplemental bridge benefits to emergency medical services personnel who retire before they are eligible for social security benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 576: Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the disclosure concerning transferability of credits that institutions authorized to operate by THEC must make to potential students to be in 18-point type rather than 16-point type. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 836: Mental Illness - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to implement and enforce, and make an annual report by June 1 concerning the department's efforts to implement and enforce, federal and state statutes concerning mental health parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 461: Education - As introduced, allows students enrolled in a home school or private school to take the ACT examination at any public school offering the examination; authorizes department of education to provide a voucher for home school and private school students to take the examination. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HJR 104: General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the Nation of Israel. -

Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 420: Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, expands definition of "bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization," as that term relates to consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises, to include corporations recognized as tax exempt by this state. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.

Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 294: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, adds misappropriations to list of defects that are absent from a clean Council on Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) credentialing application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6 and Title 56, Chapter 7.

Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 14, 2017

HB 921: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds to the offense of reckless endangerment the Class A misdemeanor offense that a person left a loaded, unsecured firearm in a location that endangered the life of a child under 14 years of age, and the Class B misdemeanor offense of knowingly authorizing a child under 12 years of age to use a firearm except when the child is under the supervision of an adult. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 14, 2017

SB 608: Sexual Offenses - As introduced, decreases from 60 to 30 days the amount of time that a law enforcement agency has to submit a sexual assault evidence collection kit to the TBI or a similar qualified laboratory for either serology or DNA testing after taking possession of the kit. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee