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State Legislature US Congress

All 46,882 Active 613 In committee 15,301 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 8: Taxes, Excise - As introduced, changes the statutory apportionment formula used to calculate franchise and excise taxes from a three-factor formula to a single-sales-factor formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.

Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ neutral recommendation

died · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 215: Safety - As introduced, changes certain requirements for inspectors; redirects certain reports; reinstitutes an elevator and amusement device safety board subcommittee; restores penalties for certain violations; and revises other provisions concerning elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, aerial tramways, and amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 495: Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires court clerks to forward, within six weeks instead of 45 days, information to the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding convictions of persons to be included on the drug offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 56; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 33: Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, revises barbers' authorization to perform services in the residence of any person who is "actually ill" to authorize the performance of services in the residence of any person who is "suffering from actual illness or disability". - Amends TCA Title 62.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee

died · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 973: Safety - As introduced, changes certain requirements for inspectors; redirects certain reports; reinstitutes an elevator and amusement device safety board subcommittee; restores penalties for certain violations; and revises other provisions concerning elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, aerial tramways, and amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 687: Municipal Government - As introduced, requires the mayor and chief law enforcement officer of a municipality to submit an oath to the comptroller of the treasury committing to assist the United States in the enforcement of all criminal and immigration laws in order for the municipality to continue to receive its allocation of the state sales tax; violators will lose such allocation for the longer of 12 months or until a new signed oath is received. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-103.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 675: Local Government, General - As introduced, limits the purposes for which a local government can issue identification cards; limits the uses of local government-issued identification cards. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5 and Title 6.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 504: Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires owners of property that is exempt from property tax and being used as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities to agree to make payments in lieu of tax to the local taxing jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 122: Local Government, General - As introduced, allows local governments, airports, and utility districts to regulate the use and possession of tobacco products in all public places, places of employment, and parks within the entity's jurisdiction as long as the regulations are more stringent than those in effect under state law. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1551.

Deferred to Summer Study

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 1088: Safety - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and report on the feasibility and costs of providing greater access to mobile communications systems in rural Tennessee for elementary and secondary school personnel, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders; requires TACIR to report its findings to the governor and speakers of the senate and house of representatives on or before January 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 65.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 803: Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires court clerks to forward, within six weeks instead of 45 days, information to the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding convictions of persons to be included on the drug offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 56; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 31: Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, revises barbers' authorization to perform services in the residence of any person who is "actually ill" to authorize the performance of services in the residence of any person who is "suffering from actual illness or disability". - Amends TCA Title 62.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Business and Utilities Committee