Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

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HB 2200 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, changes from January 15 to February 1 the date by which the Tennessee higher education commission must submit its annual report regarding state workforce needs to committees of the general assembly; requires the commission to send the report to each state university board. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 775 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, prohibits interrogation or interview of a child who has been taken into custody due to suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct except in the presence of the child's legal counsel, parent, guardian, or custodian; requires that a video recording be made of the interview and that the child be informed of certain rights. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39. Died
HB 1890 Budget Procedures - As introduced, assigns the state employee staff responsible for the administration of the group insurance for state officials and employees to the department of finance and administration. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 67. Died
HB 581 Public Utilities - As introduced, specifies guidelines for the renegotiation of a privilege or franchise agreement for the provision of natural gas. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65. Died
SB 939 Public Utilities - As introduced, specifies guidelines for the renegotiation of a privilege or franchise agreement for the provision of natural gas. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65. Died
HJR 92 Memorials, Recognition - History of the State of Tennessee - Died
SB 1359 Education - As introduced, specifies that a principal's, or teacher's, report of the names of all students who have withdrawn from the school, or who have accumulated five unexcused absences, must be submitted to the director of schools within 10 days, rather than promptly. - Amends TCA Title 49. Failed
HB 422 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires a court to use the average monthly income of each parent in the corresponding year for which retroactive child support is ordered, when calculating a parent's retroactive child support obligation, unless there is clear and convincing evidence to support the use of a different period of time. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 2, Part 3 and Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 1. Died
SB 1148 Personal Property - As introduced, increases from 180 days to 240 days the minimum time required before a dry cleaner or launderer may dispose of unclaimed garments without notifying the customer. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32 and Title 66. Failed
SB 2163 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, changes from January 15 to February 1 the date by which the Tennessee higher education commission must submit its annual report regarding state workforce needs to committees of the general assembly; requires the commission to send the report to each state university board. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 2587 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, redefines "municipality" to be cities or towns of 900 persons or more instead of 925 persons or more for purposes of the alcoholic beverage laws. - Amends TCA Title 57. Died
HJR 591 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting any state tax on property. - Failed
HB 2594 Public Employees - As introduced, restores longevity pay for employees of the executive branch in the state service hired after June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38. Died
SB 959 Unemployment Compensation - As introduced, includes conscious disregard of the rights or interest of the employer's business to the actions of the employee that may constitute "misconduct" and disqualify the employee from eligibility to receive unemployment benefits. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7. Failed
HB 794 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, prohibits interrogation or interview of a child who has been taken into custody due to suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct except in the presence of the child's legal counsel, parent, guardian, or custodian; requires that a video recording be made of the interview and that the child be informed of certain rights. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39. Died
HB 2322 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in School Employee Salary Act" to require online publication of salary information for employees of public schools, charter schools, charter school authorizers, and local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49. Died
SB 765 State Employees - As introduced, restores longevity pay for employees of the executive branch in the service of the state hired after June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38. Died
HJR 726 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges government officials and transit authorities to make efforts to study highway efficiency and to work in public-private partnerships before increasing taxes as a means of addressing heavy traffic congestion. - Died
HB 1470 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, deletes obsolete language requiring property tax to be used for state purposes; adds property assessors from each of the grand divisions to the state board of equalization. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-5101 and Title 67, Chapter 5. Died
SB 731 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits a local board of education from increasing the salary or compensation for the director of schools to an amount higher than the salary of the governor. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 2080 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, redefines "municipality" to be cities or towns of 900 persons or more instead of 925 persons or more for purposes of the alcoholic beverage laws. - Amends TCA Title 57. Died
HB 1399 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the date by which the commission must submit its annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production to the education and commerce and labor committees of the senate, the education administration and planning and business and utilities committees of the house of representatives, the governor, the board of regents, the University of Tennessee board of trustees, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 2484 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in School Employee Salary Act" to require online publication of salary information for employees of public schools, charter schools, charter school authorizers, and local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49. Died
HB 790 State Employees - As introduced, restores longevity pay for employees of the executive branch in the service of the state hired after June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38. Died
SB 1358 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the date by which the commission must submit its annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production to the education and commerce and labor committees of the senate, the education administration and planning and business and utilities committees of the house of representatives, the governor, the board of regents, the University of Tennessee board of trustees, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died