Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Akbari, Raumesh · 96 bills · page 1 of 4

SB 1235 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, expands the tax credit allowed for the purchase of brownfield property to include real property that was previously the subject of an investigation or remediation as a brownfield project under a voluntary agreement or consent order; revises other provisions related to the tax credit. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. Died
SB 2547 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, includes one misdemeanor offense and any offenses considered one single offense for expunction purposes under current law as eligible offenses qualifying to petition for expunction under certain circumstances; splits the expunction fee among counties if the petition for expunction is for multiple offenses committed in different counties. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101. Died
HB 2512 Controlled Substances - As introduced, specifies that industrial hemp and products derived from industrial hemp, other than isolated THC, are not subject to scheduling as a controlled substance and are not subject to forfeiture based solely on their composition. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 33; Title 43; Title 53 and Section 67-4-2802. Died
HB 1235 Education - As introduced, specifies that the governing boards of institutions of higher education must make a report on any program terminations to the education committee of the senate and education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives by July 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 1403 Education - As introduced, allows the governing body of a public charter school to make the annual progress report to the sponsor of the school, the chartering authority, and the commissioner of education in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 1405 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a restaurant located in Davidson or Shelby County that holds a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on its premises to sell to its patrons mixed alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for consumption off its premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4. Died
HB 2513 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to review the number of expunction petitions filed in the prior year for crimes committed prior to November 1, 1989, the number of those petitions that were granted, and the number that were rejected; requires the TBI to report its findings to the general assembly in January 2020. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Died
HB 957 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, revises the wage requirement for a qualifying job under the Community Resurgence Job Tax Credit Act of 2015 from requiring wages equal to, or greater than, the state's average occupational wage to requiring wages at least 65 percent of the labor workforce development area wage. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-2109. Died
HB 1239 Education - As introduced, changes from February 15 to March 1 the date by which the commissioner of education must submit an annual report summarizing conflict resolution intervention programs to the governor and the education committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 1236 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, revises the wage requirement for a qualifying job under the Community Resurgence Job Tax Credit Act of 2015 from requiring wages equal to, or greater than, the state's average occupational wage to requiring wages at least 65 percent of the labor workforce development area wage. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-2109. Died
SB 2546 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to review the number of expunction petitions filed in the prior year for crimes committed prior to November 1, 1989, the number of those petitions that were granted, and the number that were rejected; requires the TBI to report its findings to the general assembly in January 2020. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Died
HB 1241 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a restaurant located in Davidson or Shelby County that holds a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on its premises to sell to its patrons mixed alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for consumption off its premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4. Died
SB 2527 Sexual Offenses - As introduced, expands the offenses of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery to include if the defendant commits the offense during the commission of an aggravated burglary, if the defendant commits the offense against more than one person in a single incident, and other changes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40. Died
HB 2255 Sexual Offenses - As introduced, expands the offenses of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery to include if the defendant commits the offense during the commission of an aggravated burglary, if the defendant commits the offense against more than one person in a single incident, and other changes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40. Died
HB 2518 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, authorizes a person who has more than one conviction to petition on a one-time basis for expunction of up to two convictions, if each offense is otherwise eligible for expunction and if the offenses were two misdemeanors or one misdemeanor and one felony; clarifies that such persons are eligible for payment plan option extended to other petitioners. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101. Died
SB 1843 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to report annually on student placement in reading, English language arts, and mathematics classrooms with certain low performing teachers; requires the report to be made public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31. Died
SB 2182 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
SB 233 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 874 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, expands the tax credit allowed for the purchase of brownfield property to include real property that was previously the subject of an investigation or remediation as a brownfield project under a voluntary agreement or consent order; revises other provisions related to the tax credit. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. Died
SB 2055 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, requires each professional board to create a remediation subcommittee for the purpose of offering a licensee, who has been cited for a licensure violation, the option to have the licensure violation remediated prior to the board applying penalties to, or suspending or revoking the license of, the cited licensee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63. Died
HB 2516 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 1242 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits a person seeking to serve on the Shelby County board of education from serving on such board if the person is an employee of another school district within Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. Died
SB 2548 Marriage - As introduced, restricts marriage to persons 16 years of age or older by removing age waivers for marriage certificates. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 37, Chapter 1. Died
HB 2519 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, includes one misdemeanor offense and any offenses considered one single offense for expunction purposes under current law as eligible offenses qualifying to petition for expunction under certain circumstances; splits the expunction fee among counties if the petition for expunction is for multiple offenses committed in different counties. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101. Died
SB 2545 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died