Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Stevens, John · 138 bills · page 3 of 6
- SB 28 Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, authorizes a court to award punitive damages, attorney's fees, court costs, and incurred legal expenses to a creditor who prevails in an action against a debtor for the fraudulent transfer of assets or property to avoid an obligation. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 3, Part 3. Died
- SB 1656 Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing the confidentiality of records maintained by shelters, centers, and human trafficking service providers. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Section 36-3-623. Enacted
- SB 2732 McKenzie - Subject to local approval, requires newly elected council members to receive certification from the MTAS Newly Elected Officials Class within 12 months of being elected; requires council members to receive any state-mandated certifications; changes how many absences by a council member that will result in a vacancy in the office; makes the council member's compensation contingent upon attendance at meetings. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 1990; as amended. Enacted
- HB 399 Building Commission, State - As enacted, transfers employees of the state building commission from the department of finance and administration to the department of treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 15 and Title 4, Chapter 3. Enacted
- HB 2103 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, removes existing references to "felony" thefts of amounts less than $1,000 from the definition of a non-violent property offense to align with changes made to theft valuations in the Public Safety Act of 2016, under which such thefts are misdemeanors. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-122. Enacted
- HB 2339 Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the proceeds from the hotel/motel taxes in Obion County that currently go to Reelfoot Lake Tourism shall now be deposited in the general fund. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1991. Enacted
- SB 1655 Process, Service of - As enacted, authorizes, in an action by landlord to repossess landlord's property, service of process on a contractually named party and not just on an adult found in possession of property; specifies that in a forcible entry and detainer action, service on an adult person occupying the landlord's premises is sufficient to enable the landlord to regain possession of the landlord's property. - Amends TCA Section 29-18-115. Enacted
- SB 769 Probate Law - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to wills, trusts, and guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34 and Title 35. Enacted
- SB 1973 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, excludes from the definition of "pre-need funeral contract" and regulation, as a contract of insurance, a travel protection agreement for the coordination and arranging of all professional services related to the preparation for the purpose of transportation and subsequent transportation of a dead human body. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4. Enacted
- SB 1988 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises provisions governing state funds appropriated specifically for child advocacy centers. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4. Enacted
- SR 116 Memorials, Interns - Laney Overton - Died
- HB 1425 Kenton - Subject to local approval, requires purchases or contracts of more than $500 to be approved by the governing body; requires expenditures or contracts of more than $10,000 to be made only after sealed bids have been invited. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981. Enacted
- HB 508 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Enacted
- SB 1974 Controlled Substances - As enacted, abolishes the TBI drug chemistry unit drug testing fund and the TBI toxicology unit intoxicant testing fund; provides for funds collected from the drug testing fee and the blood alcohol or drug concentration test fee being directed to the general fund to be used as appropriated by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 39, Chapter 16; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40, Chapter 35; Title 55; Title 63; Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70. Enacted
- SJR 160 Memorials, Sports - Dresden High School, 2016 Division I Class 1A Football State Champions - Enacted
- HB 2052 Trusts - As enacted, clarifies circumstances under which a trust may be construed as a total return unitrust. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 6. Enacted
- SB 1862 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, imposes certain rules of construction when interpreting an insurer's responsibilities under a policy of insurance; limits an insurer's duty to defend based on the allegations in the underlying complaint. - Amends TCA Title 56. Enacted
- SB 767 Municipal Government - As introduced, allows a business with fewer than 10 employees providing services within a city prior to the city entering or renewing an exclusive franchise agreement for those services to continue to provide such services. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 12. Died
- HB 1452 Troy - Subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979. Enacted
- SB 1500 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progress; not applicable to member of legislative body of metropolitan government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Enacted
- SJR 913 Memorials, Recognition - Jermize Weddle, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year - Enacted
- HB 1666 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, revises provisions governing relocation of one parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1. Enacted
- SB 445 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Enacted
- HB 1795 Mental Illness - As enacted, adds community mental health centers to definition of healthcare organization in order to add them to quality improvement committees. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68. Enacted
- HB 471 Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, removes social security number from the information that a funeral establishment must include on the permanent identification device attached to a dead human body prior to interment and from the permanent identification device placed in the crematory urn before the remains are placed in the urn. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-313. Enacted