Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Hensley, Joey · 204 bills · page 1 of 9

HB 1054 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, extends, from 10 to 15 days, the time period within which the owner or legal possessor of misbranded or adulterated legend drugs or devices must request a hearing to show the board of pharmacy why the drugs or devices should not be destroyed. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53 and Title 63. Died
SB 1155 TennCare - As introduced, reestablishes the TennCare advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71. Died
SB 1164 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, requires the dual enrollment grant award (DEG) to be $500 for each of the first four courses taken; authorizes the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) to determine the DEG for courses five through eight; mandates that the cost for courses five through eight shall not exceed the cost per credit hour of courses taken at community colleges in the state university and community college system. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 2208 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows private certified firearms instructors to train teachers in certain distressed rural counties who are allowed to carry concealed firearms on school property as well as being taught by the local law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816. Died
HB 740 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, requires the dual enrollment grant award (DEG) to be $500 for each of the first four courses taken; authorizes the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) to determine the DEG for courses five through eight; mandates that the cost for courses five through eight shall not exceed the cost per credit hour of courses taken at community colleges in the state university and community college system. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 2203 Education - As introduced, limits the number of state-mandated assessments by grade and subject; converts student ACT scores into letter grade equivalents for purposes of calculating certain course grades. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Died
HB 1188 General Assembly - As introduced, reestablishes the legislative oversight committees on TennCare, children's services, and correction. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 71. Died
SB 2577 Highway Signs - As introduced, requires that memorial signs commemorating service members killed in action contain the language "KIA", name and rank of the service member, name of war or conflict in which the service member was killed, and the Purple Heart emblem. - Amends TCA Title 54. Died
HB 691 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, extends, from January 1, 2018, to July 1, 2018, the deadline for entities to replace posted signs that met prior statutory requirements to provide notice of a firearms prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 39. Died
SB 1181 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, extends, from 10 to 15 days, the time period within which the owner or legal possessor of misbranded or adulterated legend drugs or devices must request a hearing to show the board of pharmacy why the drugs or devices should not be destroyed. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53 and Title 63. Died
HB 1195 Child Abuse - As introduced, prohibits the department of children’s services from instituting reunification plans between a parent or legal guardian and child in instances of child abuse until written approval is obtained from the appropriate district attorney general, the investigation is closed, and it is determined that reunification of the parent or legal guardian and child is in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4. Died
HB 659 TennCare - As introduced, requires healthcare payors participating in an alternative payment system to disclose certain information to physicians; requires physicians to use best efforts not to disclose cost information to certain persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. Died
HB 976 Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, requires that documents of anatomical gifts made after July 1, 2017, specify whether the gift includes specific body parts or the entire body; requires certain notices by hospitals and nursing homes. - Amends TCA Section 5-50-352 and Title 68. Died
SB 1171 TennCare - As introduced, requires healthcare payors participating in an alternative payment system to disclose certain information to physicians; requires physicians to use best efforts not to disclose cost information to certain persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71. Died
HB 800 Domestic Violence - As introduced, increases the penalty for contempt to 10 days imprisonment and a $370 fine when a respondent knowingly violates an order of protection, court-approved consent agreement, injunction, or no contact order and the violation involves a domestic abuse victim. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 9 and Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6. Died
SB 1145 General Assembly - As introduced, reestablishes the legislative oversight committees on TennCare, children's services, and correction. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 71. Died
SB 2560 State Employees - As introduced, requires a state agency in any proceeding to suspend, terminate, or discipline an employee in state service to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee violated state law or a rule or policy of the agency prior to taking such action. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30. Died
HB 2044 Eminent Domain - As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to annually report total state funds used to acquire property through condemnation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 25; Title 12, Chapter 1; Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 46, Chapter 6; Section 49-3-1104 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Died
SB 1165 Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Student Free Expression Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Died
SB 1178 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of using a hand-held mobile telephone to make or receive a phone call while driving a motor vehicle in a school zone; classifies the offense as a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $50. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 8. Died
SB 1161 Medical Occupations - As introduced, requires the Tennessee emergency medical services board to study, on or before January 31, 2018, the practice of mobile integrated health care by emergency medical services personnel and its relationship to community paramedicine and report its findings and recommendations to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140. Died
SB 1150 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of using or possessing a motor vehicle that has a compartment containing contraband or residue of contraband. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 2. Failed
SB 1158 Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates a Natural Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1. Died
SB 1146 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to make available to healthcare providers on the department's website any prescribed claim form for reporting by healthcare providers. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 2584 Water Pollution - As introduced, changes from January 31 to January 20 the date by which the commissioner of environment and conservation must submit an annual report concerning the efficiency of the water quality control permitting process to the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate and the chair of the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. Died