Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Massey, Becky D. · 196 bills · page 4 of 8
- SJR 58 Memorials, Death - Edwin Hope Rayson - Enacted
- SB 2166 State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing appeals under state service laws. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30. Enacted
- HB 1702 Libraries - As enacted, renames the regional library for the blind and physically handicapped to the regional library for accessible books and media; updates antiquated language regarding persons with disabilities within statutory provisions relative to the state library system. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 1. Enacted
- SB 264 Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, redefines "least restrictive alternatives" for purposes of supported decision making agreements. - Amends TCA Title 34. Enacted
- SJR 736 Memorials, Sports - Webb School of Knoxville girls' basketball team, TSSAA State Champions - Enacted
- HB 1276 Public Contracts - As enacted, adds "businesses owned by persons with disabilities" to the Tennessee Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned and Small Business Procurement and Contracting Act; requires that the annual report made by the chief procurement officer concerning the awarding of purchases to minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, or small business and the total value of awards made also include the total dollar amount of purchases awarded to all businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12. Enacted
- SB 1854 Education - As enacted, specifies that, for the 2017-2018 school year, employment termination and compensation decisions for pre-kindergarten or kindergarten teachers will not be based solely on data generated by the portfolio model; revises provisions regarding funding and approval for LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Enacted
- HB 1679 Sheriffs - As introduced, requires sheriffs to use 10 percent or more of the funds from booking and processing fees for annual diversity training for certain county correctional employees; requires sheriffs to use any remaining funds as annual hazard pay supplements for certain county correctional employees. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 41. Died
- HB 1283 Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116. Enacted
- SB 1762 Recreational Vehicles - As introduced, adds park model recreational vehicle as a type of recreational vehicle under the Tennessee Recreation Vehicle Franchise Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 55. Died
- HB 901 TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to promulgate rules to promote the safe and responsible coverage of opioids for TennCare members who have the TennCare pharmacy benefit; requires report on rules to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 71. Enacted
- HB 781 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the definition of "material" relative to sexual exploitation of children to include any computer image, or computer-generated image, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Enacted
- HB 2278 Unclaimed Property - As enacted, shifts from December 31 each year to May 1 in 2018 and to November 1 in 2019 and years thereafter the date by which the holder of abandoned property must file a report with the treasurer regarding the property. - Amends TCA Section 66-29-125. Enacted
- HB 756 Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, changes references to the professional relationship between physicians and advanced practice registered nurses and certified nurse practitioners from "supervisory" to "collaborative". - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Enacted
- SJR 735 Memorials, Recognition - Knoxville Fire Fighters Association Local #65, 100th anniversary - Enacted
- SJR 954 Memorials, Recognition - Food City, 100th anniversary - Enacted
- SJR 212 Memorials, Retirement - Pam Fansler - Enacted
- HB 2192 Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires each law enforcement agency to ensure that, whenever a person is arrested and taken into custody by an officer of the agency, the person is asked whether that person is the parent or legal custodian of any children that will be left unattended by the person's arrest; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 8-4-115; Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 38, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1. Enacted
- HB 568 Pets - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retail Pet Store Consumer Protection Act" to provide coverage for certain veterinary expenses to persons who buy defective dogs from retail pet stores. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 17. Died
- SB 1514 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public higher education institutions in this state to adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Enacted
- SB 1643 Domestic Violence - As enacted, redefines when a judge must notify a defendant who has been convicted of domestic assault of certain consequences of conviction from the federal law domestic abuse definition to both the federal and Tennessee law definitions. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111. Enacted
- SJR 867 Memorials, Death - Donna Jo Pecoraro Woodson Thornton - Enacted
- SB 47 Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective party’s primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5. Enacted
- HB 1936 Sentencing - As enacted, enacts "Henry's Law," which requires that a person convicted for second degree murder resulting from unlawful distribution of Schedule I or II drug where victim is a minor be punished from within one range higher than the sentencing range otherwise appropriate for the person. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Enacted
- HB 1112 Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109. Enacted