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

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2019

SB 829: Election Laws - As introduced, extends the time before an election, from 45 days prior to 50 days prior, that a county election commission must publish in a newspaper of general circulation a notice advising elderly voters and voters with a disability that if such voters' polling places are inaccessible, such voters have the right to vote early by absentee ballot or at the election commission office on election day. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 2, 2019

HB 1443: Sheriffs - As introduced, reduces the time period, from 30 to 15 days, in which a sheriff must report to the county legislative body and to the department of correction the name of any prisoner who escapes while serving on a work detail and indicate whether the work detail on which the prisoner was serving was supervised or unsupervised. - Amends TCA Title 41.

Failed in s/c Corrections Subcommittee of State Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2019

SB 601: State Universities - As introduced, changes, from within the first year of service to within the first six months of service, the time in which a state university board member appointed or selected on or after July 1, 2019, must attend an orientation administered by the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201.

Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2019

SB 617: Traffic Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Buffering Undo Regulatory Non-Compliance (BURN) Act," which requires local authorities to file certified copies of notices of violation or citations based solely upon evidence obtained from an unmanned traffic enforcement camera with the municipal court or county court. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

Motion to Reconsider Failed.

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 2, 2019

HB 1057: Election Laws - As introduced, extends the time before an election, from 45 days prior to 50 days prior, that a county election commission must publish in a newspaper of general circulation a notice advising elderly voters and voters with a disability that if such voters' polling places are inaccessible, such voters have the right to vote early by absentee ballot or at the election commission office on election day. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 2, 2019

HB 1447: Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a handgun carry permit holder convicted of domestic assault to surrender the permit to the court within 48 hours of conviction to be forwarded to the department of safety for revocation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 2, 2019

HB 1267: Traffic Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Buffering Undo Regulatory Non-Compliance (BURN) Act," which requires local authorities to file certified copies of notices of violation or citations based solely upon evidence obtained from an unmanned traffic enforcement camera with the municipal court or county court. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

Motion to Reconsider Failed.

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 1, 2019

HB 363: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires employers to provide employees four hours of leave, paid or unpaid, each year for parental involvement in schools, subject to certain conditions; establishes a private cause of action for employer violations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

died · Tennessee · Senate Apr 1, 2019

SB 883: Education - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 15 days following receipt of the audit report required by law to be made of the school funds of the LEA the time period within which each LEA must deliver a copy of the report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Withdrawn.

failed · Tennessee · House Apr 1, 2019

HB 56: Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits as a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine an employer from screening an applicant for employment based upon compensation history; permits employer to consider the compensation history of current employee during a transfer, move, or hire of the employee to a new position with the same employer; permits applicant to voluntarily share compensation history information with prospective employer; grants enforcement authority to department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

died · Tennessee · House Apr 1, 2019

HB 1039: Education - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 15 days following receipt of the audit report required by law to be made of the school funds of the LEA the time period within which each LEA must deliver a copy of the report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Withdrawn.

failed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 1, 2019

SB 420: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires employers to provide employees four hours of leave, paid or unpaid, each year for parental involvement in schools, subject to certain conditions; establishes a private cause of action for employer violations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee