Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Harris, Torrey C. · 86 bills · page 2 of 4

HB 788 Attorneys at Law - As introduced, requires that the rules adopted by the supreme court that establish compensation rates for appointed counsel of indigent defendants set a minimum hourly rate of $100. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 14. Died
HB 602 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts attorneys who are legally forbidden from practicing law from the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17. Died
HB 1257 Municipal Government - As introduced, requires that a referendum be conducted before a publicly funded entity can be sold or leased; "sale or lease" means that more than 30 percent of the assets of the entity are subject to sale or lease. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51. Died
HB 2418 Driver Licenses - As introduced, removes authorization to suspend, restrict, or revoke driver licenses for nonpayment of fines, court costs, and litigation taxes for driving offenses, upon proof of inability to pay. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 7; Title 40, Chapter 24 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Died
HB 1328 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, enacts the Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act; requires studies and reports on or before January 15, 2018, by the commissioner of health concerning price gouging for essential generic drugs and the commissioner of commerce and insurance concerning price transparency for prescription drugs; requires reports to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 2573 Arbitration - As introduced, declares arbitration agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 29, Chapter 5. Died
HB 1387 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67. Died
HB 2405 Telecommunications - As introduced, creates a task force of the general assembly to study the effects of overturning the FCC's net neutrality rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68. Died
HB 1355 Public Employees - As introduced, deletes requirement that a court must award attorneys' fees and costs to prevailing state and local government employees sued in individual capacity. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-113. Died
HB 2298 Election Laws - As introduced, removes requirement for county election commissions to publish notice of a supplemental registration; requires county election commissions to compile a list of the supplemental registrations conducted each year and submit the list to the secretary of state by February 1 each year. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1. Died
HB 723 Sentencing - As introduced, creates an affirmative defense to the enhanced punishment for selling drugs on the grounds of or within 1,000' of a school, child care center, library, recreational center, or park that law enforcement, or an agent of law enforcement, suggested, requested, or lured the defendant into the prohibited area. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4. Failed
HB 1364 Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the 5 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption; increases the tax on cigarettes from 3 cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents per cigarette; increases the tax on other tobacco products from 6.6 percent to 17 percent of the wholesale cost price. - Amends TCA Title 67. Died
HB 382 Paternity - As introduced, prevents the use of license denial, suspension, or revocation or contempt of court orders to enforce child support arrearages owed by a person who executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity that was rescinded due to fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68, Chapter 3. Died
HB 1186 General Assembly - As introduced, requires the joint legislative services committee to publish on the general assembly website the floor voting record of each member following the conclusion of each annual or extraordinary session of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3. Died
HB 761 Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires, instead of permits, that the county legislative body or court appoint jail inspectors for the upcoming year; includes the judiciary committee of the senate, the state and local government committee of the senate, the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, and the local government committee of the house of representatives to receive the results of the inspection no later than March 1 of each year; includes the local state senator and state representative of the respective area to be included in the report by the board of control for a failure of the county, municipality, or political subdivision to maintain the standards required by the Tennessee corrections institute. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 4. Died
HB 2424 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, upon approval of the retail sale of wine on Sundays, remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to a newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; upon such approval, requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5. Died
HB 827 Auditing - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a performance audit of private service providers contracting with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 5. Died
HB 2517 Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes retail food stores to sell wine on Sundays and remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to the newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5. Died
HB 1236 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, adds to and revises certain provisions related to the production, review, use, and disposition of a parent's mental health records pursuant to a mental health examination ordered by a court during a child custody determination; adds a parent's ability to instruct, inspire, and encourage the child to develop skills necessary to become a successful adult to the list of factors a court must consider when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Section 36-6-106. Died
HB 2416 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, creates a private right of action against any employer for a violation concerning the distribution of mandatory service charges or gratuities to employees. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2. Died
HB 1314 Education - As introduced, requires public and private schools to provide students in grade 12 information on how to register to vote, how to vote in an election using a ballot, and how to vote using an absentee ballot; allows schools to provide this information through activities, written materials, internet resources, mock elections, and any other method chosen by the principal after consultation with teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Died
HB 2408 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, prohibits a court from requiring an appearance bond for any juvenile released after being taking into custody for a delinquent or unruly act. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Died
HB 1329 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, provides additional remedies available to employees who are victims of wage theft. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. Died
HB 1025 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes Old Dominick Distillery to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of a restaurant within the distillery. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 2 and Title 57, Chapter 4. Died
HB 2410 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103. Died