Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

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SB 2327 Schools, Charter - As introduced, requires public charter schools receiving identification as a priority school to develop a school improvement plan within 90 days of identification; revokes a charter school agreement or denies renewal of the agreement if the charter school remains a priority school for two consecutive cycles. - Amends TCA Section 49-13-122. Died
SB 307 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, expands the sales tax exemption for purchases of textbooks to include purchases of reading materials required for high school or college classes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
SB 2444 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, creates sales tax of ten cents per opioid pill dispensed pursuant to prescription; collected tax to be allocated for drug education, prevention, and treatment, including drug courts. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 16, Chapter 6 and Title 67. Died
SB 306 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts individuals from the professional privilege tax for the first year in which they are licensed or registered in a taxable profession. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17. Died
SB 2136 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that, after July 1, 2018, a person have at least five years of experience in social work and one year of working with children before the department can hire the person as a child protective services investigator or case manager. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 1. Died
SB 2086 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for owner of a firearm to fail to report to law enforcement within five days any knowledge or reasonable cause to believe the theft of the owner's firearm has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40. Died
SB 2406 Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) to investigate and report on unauthorized grade changes occurring at public schools and public charter schools in Shelby County no later than December 31, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 49. Died
SB 1121 Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7. Died
SB 1119 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, enacts the "Medical Cannabis Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 2; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 2411 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide training in mental health crisis management to the employees of the department for the purposes of assisting veterans with mental health issues. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3. Died
SB 1116 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, decriminalizes the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40. Died
SB 2415 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the process utilized by the state to purchase prescription drugs by looking at the role of pharmacy benefits managers, the role of co-payments in drug costs to the consumer and the state, and the desirability of a bid process approved by the general assembly; requires the comptroller to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71. Died
SB 1130 Taxes - As introduced, requires claims for refunds of gas tax used for agricultural purposes to be submitted quarterly, instead of semiannually. - Amends TCA Title 67. Died
SB 1128 Local Government, General - As introduced, prohibits local governments from reducing the post-employment benefits of retired employees without the written consent of the employee; prohibits local governments from raising premiums for such benefit plans at a rate that exceeds the average annual rate of inflation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 56. Died
SB 1094 Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes from seven days to 10 days the amount of notice that must be provided by an employer or employee specializing in food or beverage service of the rescinding of a previously approved 30-minute break waiver. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 50. Died
SB 2429 Education - As introduced, establishes timelines and requirements for the return of schools operated as part of the achievement school district (ASD) to LEAs; prohibits, after the effective date of the act, any school from being assigned to the ASD and the ASD from executing, approving, authorizing, or renewing any contract, charter school application, or charter agreement; abolishes the ASD as an organizational unit of the department of education on July 1, 2019 or when the last charter agreement with the ASD expires, whichever is later. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
SB 1140 Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department, in collaboration with the Tennessee financial literacy commission, to report the amounts allocated from fees collected from licensees under the Flexible Credit Act to the commission and whether any of the amounts allocated were used to assist individuals who are susceptible to predatory lending practices; requires that the department report its findings to the insurance and banking committee of the house of representatives and the commerce and labor committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47. Died
SB 1126 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, authorizes the department of human services to provide the department's recommendations regarding child support guidelines in electronic format to the civil justice committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 50. Died
SB 1102 Schools, Charter - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in Charter School Finance Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. Died
SB 2445 Taxes, Gross Receipts - As introduced, imposes a gross receipts tax on the sale of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 67. Died
SB 2087 Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires the executive director of the board of nursing to report concerning workforce needs for nurses in healthcare institutions and facilities in this state and the need for any beneficial changes to the educational training of nurses in order to meet those needs to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 63. Died
SB 2318 Animal Control - As introduced, limits the means by which a person who possesses Class I wildlife may dispose of the animal to releasing the animal into its natural habitat, returning the animal to the seller, or donating the animal to a zoo. - Amends TCA Title 70. Died
SB 1114 Sentencing - As introduced, makes defendants convicted for having or selling drugs in school zones eligible for parole after serving 33 percent of the defendant's sentence; eliminates the requirement that defendants serve a mandatory minimum sentence before parole eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Died
SB 1707 Students - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Hunger-Free Students Act"; clarifies that state board of education rules that permit schools to impose sanctions against students owing a school debt do not authorize sanctions against students owing a meal debt. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. Died
SB 1093 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, removes provision by which a candidate becomes ineligible to qualify for an election if a civil penalty has been assessed against the candidate for a violation of the financial disclosure law and has not been paid within 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10. Died