Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Yager, Ken · 279 bills · page 1 of 12

HB 741 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases the death benefit payable to the estate of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty from $25,000 to $50,000. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2. Died
HB 2127 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on the segments of State Route 62 and U.S. Highway 27 in Morgan County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185. Died
SB 691 State Inmates - As introduced, specifies minimum reimbursement rates to counties for the housing of state inmates; states that the reimbursement rate for housing state prisoners shall not be less than the following amounts per inmate per day: for the period of July 1, 2017, until June 30, 2019, not less than $42.00; and for the period of July 1, 2019, and thereafter, not less than $47.00. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 41. Died
SB 678 State Inmates - As introduced, requires that subsidies paid by the state to a county for housing state inmates be paid from the date of conviction; requires a clerk of the court to transmit documentation of a conviction to the department of correction not later than five business days after the date of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8; Title 9; Title 40 and Title 41. Died
SB 718 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires, by July 1, 2017, the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate the results of consultations with stakeholders and to identify what method was chosen as the best means to obtain the records to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, overdoses, and death. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 698 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, makes permanent the provision allowing counties to provide 2 percent matching funds for state-aid highway funds rather than 25 percent that was set to expire July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-404. Died
SB 711 Local Government, General - As introduced, increases from seven business days to 10 business days the period of time for an administrative hearing officer to review the appropriateness of a municipal ordinance violation citation and decide whether to levy a fine. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13 and Title 67. Died
SB 1576 Election Laws - As introduced, increases time a county election commission must determine opening time for all convenient voting centers in the county from at least 15 days before an election to at least 20 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2. Died
HB 573 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds the offense of aggravated burglary to the list of offenses ineligible for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Died
SB 2077 Guardians and Conservators - As introduced, lowers age from 60 to 40 for adults with disabilities to be eligible for public guardianship; makes various changes to statutory language to reflect expansion beyond elderly persons. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 7 and Title 71, Chapter 2. Died
HB 1045 Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As introduced, deletes the requirement that the executive director of the real estate commission pass the broker's examination. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 13. Died
HB 886 Local Government, General - As introduced, negates mandatory application of certain laws on local governments that are not fully funded; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee that will impact local governments in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53. Died
SB 1324 Public Records - As introduced, makes confidential and not subject to public inspection a recording taken by a law enforcement body camera within the interior of a mental healthcare or healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 33; Title 38 and Title 68. Died
HB 861 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires, by July 1, 2017, the commissioner of health to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate the results of consultations with stakeholders and to identify what method was chosen as the best means to obtain the records to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, overdoses, and death. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 1705 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires chief administrative officers of highway departments to maintain signs or markers identifying county roads. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 54, Chapter 5 and Title 54, Chapter 7. Died
HB 1924 Real Property - As introduced, codifies common law creation of joint tenancy with right of survivorship through express language in a conveying instrument; prevents a joint tenancy with right of survivorship from being unilaterally severed. - Amends TCA Title 66. Died
HB 1899 Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an employer in this state from discriminating against an applicant for employment or an employee on the basis of disability; requires the employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to the applicant or employee with certain exceptions; establishes procedures and remedies for disability discrimination claims. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21. Died
SB 697 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits an HMO from denying payment for preventative and diagnostic services provided by primary care providers or through a provider's supervision of auxiliary personnel. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 32. Died
SB 1604 Veterans - As introduced, requires the division of parks and recreation to designate one weekend per year, instead of one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks is free of charge for veterans. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 11; Title 16, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13; Title 58; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 71. Died
HB 1942 Local Government, General - As introduced, reduces, from 20 percent to 15 percent, the minimum number of registered voters in a city required to submit a petition requesting an election to adopt a modified city manager-council charter. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 12. Died
HB 2545 Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 2. Died
SB 2265 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases the frequency, from every four years to every two years, that the commissioners of economic and community development and revenue must evaluate excise, franchise, and sales and use tax credits and prepare a report based on that evaluation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Died
HB 1201 County Government - As introduced, authorizes counties to re-designate the county mayor as county executive by private act. - Amends TCA Title 5. Died
SB 2273 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, provides one registration plate, free of charge, to each qualified veteran; authorizes local governments to exempt qualified veterans from the motor vehicle privilege tax for such plate. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102 and Title 55, Chapter 4. Died
HB 2587 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, redefines "municipality" to be cities or towns of 900 persons or more instead of 925 persons or more for purposes of the alcoholic beverage laws. - Amends TCA Title 57. Died