Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Briggs, Richard · 174 bills · page 2 of 7
- SB 493 Education - As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- HB 2596 State Government - As introduced, requires department of transportation to cause to have a law enforcement vehicle and officer at all work zones in which a work activity hazard or a work zone design hazard is present. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. Died
- SB 1505 Sentencing - As introduced, increases the penalty for any aggravated assault or homicide that occurs by a person discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the victim is a minor at the time of the offense; names act the "JaJuan Latham Act". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Died
- SB 121 Education - As introduced, authorizes a retired teacher with a minimum of 20 years’ experience teaching to receive an automatic certification or licensure for an additional 20 years or until the teacher reaches the age of 75; requires the retired teacher to purchase any liability insurance. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-821 and Title 49. Failed
- HB 2108 Election Laws - As introduced, increases time nominating petitions are available from 90 days before the qualifying deadline to 120 days before the qualifying deadline. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5; Title 2, Chapter 7 and Title 2, Chapter 9. Died
- SB 836 Mental Illness - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to implement and enforce, and make an annual report by June 1 concerning the department's efforts to implement and enforce, federal and state statutes concerning mental health parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
- HB 1245 Mental Illness - As introduced, requires every health insurance carrier that issues health benefit plans to submit an annual report concerning mental health substance abuse benefits and claims. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
- HB 1244 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, revises requirements for mental health parity with medical health insurance statutes to require certain demonstrations of parity and reports from insurers. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
- HB 2083 TennCare - As introduced, reduces the time period from 30 to 15 days for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71. Died
- SB 847 Real Property - As introduced, requires a seller of residential real property to disclose to the buyer the name and address of the fire department that provides services to the property or that no fire department provides such services, and the cost to obtain such services beyond the payment of property taxes; requires proof of disclosure at or before the closing. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 35; Title 62, Chapter 13 and Title 66. Failed
- SB 495 Education - As introduced, requires all LEA personnel to verify that the LEA's policy on use of the internet has been read prior to accepting an employment contract or at the renewal of an employment contract. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- SB 850 Medical Occupations - As introduced, enacts the "Doctor of Medical Science Act." - Amends TCA Title 63. Failed
- SB 838 Mental Illness - As introduced, requires every health insurance carrier that issues health benefit plans to submit an annual report concerning mental health substance abuse benefits and claims. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
- SB 1926 Medical Occupations - As introduced, establishes a license for a new practitioner. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. Died
- SB 496 Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission to post its annual report on the department of the treasury website. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
- SB 1506 Political Parties - As introduced, prohibits political party rules from precluding an honorably discharged veteran from running as a candidate for nomination for the political party of the veteran's choosing. - Amends TCA Section 2-13-104. Failed
- SB 835 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to develop a consumer and provider education campaign on mental health and alcoholism or drug dependence parity. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. Died
- HB 611 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts pet grooming services from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
- HB 1317 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue, no later than February 1, 2018, to report to the governor and the general assembly the state administrative costs for remitting sales and use taxes back to local governments in this state. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
- HB 1859 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, permits registration plates to be renewed every 24 months instead of 12 months. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 6. Died
- HB 1909 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, applies the criminal offense of animal cruelty to the restraint of a dog with a chain, cord, tether, cable, or similar device while a disaster is imminent or occurring. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44, Chapter 17. Died
- HB 2172 Health Care - As introduced, directs the department of health to establish and enforce a medical supply donation program. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
- SB 1414 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, clarifies requirements for the admission of evidence by agencies in contested case hearings when necessary to ascertain facts not otherwise admissible under the rules of court. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-313. Died
- SB 1686 Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires the district attorney general of each judicial district to notify the commissioner of health of the name and other such identifying information, as may be designated by the commissioner, of any individual convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction within that judicial district of a violation of the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989 and adds those individuals to the controlled substance database. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 3. Died
- HB 1960 Consumer Protection - As introduced, regulates the resale of stored value cards. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 62. Died