Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

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HB 286 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
HB 739 Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Student Free Expression Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Died
HB 796 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
HB 426 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts CPAP supplies from being subject to sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. Died
SB 2566 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 2568 Health Care - As introduced, changes the minimum age for taking an examination for a podiatrist license from 18 to 24. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 37; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
HB 915 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes the method by which advertisement of the sale of surplus property by local school systems must occur; allows the local board of education to determine the method of advertisement; requires the local board to advertise at least seven days prior to sale. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Failed
SB 1156 Civil Procedure - As introduced, sets the statute of limitations of certain causes of actions arising from a home inspection or home inspection report to one year; prohibits contractual waiver of the limitation; limits home inspector liability relative to certain defects; prohibits disciplinary actions taken by the commissioner from being the sole basis for civil or criminal cause of actions against the home inspector. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 62, Chapter 6, Part 3 and Title 66, Chapter 5. Died
SB 1994 Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, requires that the weighted caseload formula devised by the comptroller of the treasury be provided to the general assembly no later than January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2. Died
HB 2360 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the commissioner to provide a report of suggested legislative changes to the Post-Mortem Examination Act to the health committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the judiciary committee of the senate, and the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives by February 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1. Died
HB 1525 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the TBI to update its list of persons convicted of an animal abuse offense at least every 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Died
HB 1990 TennCare - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the implementation of episodes of care concerning the implementation of bonuses and penalties within episodes of care with attention to the equity of the system with respect to providers and its relationship to costs associated with independent actors within individual episodes of care; the comptroller shall report on or before January 15, 2019, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 1323 Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Opioid Abuse Block Grant Act," which distributes block grants to eligible recipients to combat opioid abuse in this state; appropriates $100 million from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 for opioid abuse block grants. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 18; Title 9; Title 33; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
HB 1406 Children - As introduced, repeals statute that deems a child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination, with consent of the married woman's husband, to be the legitimate child of the husband and wife. - Repeals TCA Section 68-3-306. Died
SB 2480 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, expands the attorney general and reporter's duties to include representation of an LEA or certain LEA employees in a legal proceeding arising out of the LEA's adoption of a policy or practice designating multi-person restrooms, locker rooms, or other facilities for use based only on one's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 9. Died
SB 2564 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, revises the percentage of student achievement data based on student growth data that may be calculated in the evaluation criteria for a teacher or principal, in the 2018-2019 school year and in subsequent school years, based on the percentage of Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) questions released by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. Died
SB 2585 TennCare - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the implementation of episodes of care concerning the implementation of bonuses and penalties within episodes of care with attention to the equity of the system with respect to providers and its relationship to costs associated with independent actors within individual episodes of care; the comptroller shall report on or before January 15, 2019, to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 2744 Columbia - Subject to local approval, authorizes the imposition of a fee, up to $3.00 per square foot, on the privilege of constructing new residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. - Amends Chapter 194 of the Private Acts of 1994. Failed
SB 2580 County Government - As introduced, extends, from seven to ten business days, the time period in which the comptroller of the treasury has to report the comptroller's approval or disapproval of a continuing budget extension request to the county making such request. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 12. Died
HB 361 Civil Procedure - As introduced, sets the statute of limitations of certain causes of actions arising from a home inspection or home inspection report to one year; prohibits contractual waiver of the limitation; limits home inspector liability relative to certain defects; prohibits disciplinary actions taken by the commissioner from being the sole basis for civil or criminal cause of actions against the home inspector. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 62, Chapter 6, Part 3 and Title 66, Chapter 5. Died
SB 1175 Taxes, Franchise - As introduced, changes the statutory apportionment formula used to calculate franchise and excise taxes from a three-factor formula to a single-sales-factor formula for small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. Died
HB 2620 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, expands the attorney general and reporter's duties to include representation of an LEA or certain LEA employees in a legal proceeding arising out of the LEA's adoption of a policy or practice designating multi-person restrooms, locker rooms, or other facilities for use based only on one's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 9. Died
SB 2588 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires that an agreement be reached, and a memorandum of understanding be jointly prepared, by the local board of education and its professional employees on each of the terms and conditions of employment that are the subject of collaborative conferencing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. Died
HB 1251 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
SB 2567 Immigration - As introduced, authorizes local chief law enforcement officers to enter into memoranda of understanding with the United States department of homeland security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws, detention and removals, and investigations in the local jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 8. Died