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35 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0721
Courts
- As introduced, authorizes the administrative office of the courts to submit its annual report in an electronic format to the chair of the senate judiciary committee, the chair of the civil justice committee of the house of representatives, and the attorney general and reporter.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0903
Municipal Government
- As enacted, authorizes a municipality to add the cost of remedying a condition on real property that endangers the health, safety, and welfare of other citizens to the property tax notice of the owner of the real property, if the owner fails or refuses to remedy the condition in a specified time period.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1005
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, renames enhanced and concealed handgun carry permits as enhanced and concealed firearm carry permits and authorizes a permit holder to carry any firearms, rather than handguns, that the permit holder legally owns or possesses; expands the circumstances in which a permit holder may carry a firearm.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1006
Forfeiture of Assets
- As introduced, removes the requirement for a person to post a bond when filing a claim to seized property.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1007
Immigration
- As introduced, establishes a procedure under which each license, certificate, or registration of an agency, business, or person is revoked in this state if the attorney general and reporter verifies that such agency, business, or person facilitated the relocation of undocumented aliens into this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
2/22/2023
HB1008
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, specifies that a course of conduct for purposes of stalking includes one instance of placing an electronic tracking device on a person or in or on a person's property, unless the electronic tracking device is placed by or at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349
5/17/2023
HB1009
Boats, Boating
- As introduced, codifies and adds to rules of the fish and wildlife commission concerning activities that hinder public access to waters.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
3/1/2023
HB1010
Codes
- As introduced, lowers the population threshold, from 25,000 to 20,000, below which two or more cities may agree to jointly engage one building inspector.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/27/2024
HB1012
County Officers
- As enacted, makes changes to law relative to certain fees collected by sheriffs and constables.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1013
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, clarifies that a sheriff and sheriff's deputy are law enforcement officers for purposes of the criminal code; clarifies that a deputy jailer is a law enforcement officer only for the purposes of enhancement of a crime under the criminal code.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB1014
Transportation, Dept. of
- As introduced, authorizes the department to notify the railroad and governmental body affected by an applicant's proposed plan to construct a railroad grade crossing or convert a private crossing to a public crossing, by mail or electronically.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1016
Education
- As enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1017
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to post information on its website about the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline.
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/19/2023
4/17/2023
HB1018
Game and Fish Laws
- As enacted, clarifies authority of the fish and wildlife commission to set fees for nonresident licenses; makes other clarifications and changes to present law concerning regulation of hunting and fishing.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
3/28/2023
HB1514
Game and Fish Laws
- As introduced, extends the effective date for newly published regulations involving cooperative agreements between the TWRA and federal agencies, from 30 days to 45 days after the publication date by the TWRA; revises due date for the submission of financial reports by the TWRA executive director to the governor and commission members, from September 15 to September 30 of each year.
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1569
Obion County
- Subject to local approval, repeals the Obion County Highway Commission.
Pr. Ch. 25
5/24/2023
HB2124
Immigration
- As enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Pub. Ch. 716
4/17/2024
HB2125
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates November as "Christian Heritage Month."
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2126
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/8/2024
HB2127
Boats, Boating
- As introduced, clarifies that rowboats and sculls are nonmotorized vessels whose commercial operations are subject to regulation by the fish and wildlife commission.
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
1/30/2024
HB2129
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As introduced, requires the department to publish on its website the department's annual report to the governor and general assembly on the state's solid waste management system.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/31/2024
HB2130
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As introduced, changes from December 1 to December 15 the date by which the commissioner and the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board must submit their annual report to the speakers of both houses of the general assembly evaluating all aspects of the performance of the hazardous waste regulatory program during the prior calendar year.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/31/2024
HB2523
Utilities, Utility Districts
- As enacted, requires the amount fixed by the board of directors of the Reelfoot Lake Regional Utility and Planning District to compensate members of the board of directors for their services be $300 per month, instead of $200 per month.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB2762
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773
5/1/2024
HB2763
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As introduced, authorizes Class I and II off-highway vehicles to be operated on state highways with a posted speed limit of 55 mph or less.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
2/28/2024
HB2764
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, requires a parent or guardian to notify their student's school if the student is adjudicated delinquent for any criminal offense involving a firearm, whether the offense was committed in this state or in another state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
2/13/2024
HB2765
Driver Licenses
- As introduced, changes, from five days to five business days, the deadline by which the department of safety must notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state, and the commercial driver license information system, after receiving a report of a conviction of a commercial driver license holder for a violation of law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, in any vehicle, or a report of a conviction of a person who does not hold a noncommercial driver license for a violation of law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, in a commercial vehicle.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
HB2766
Driver Education
- As enacted, requires an applicant who has satisfactorily completed a driver education and training course offered for Class D vehicles by nonpublic schools in categories 1, 2, or 3 as recognized by the state board of education, a public school, a public institution of higher learning, or a commercial driver training school and who resides 30 or more miles from a driver services center to be allowed to complete online any classroom training that is required as a prerequisite to obtaining a Class H or hardship license.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 698
4/17/2024
HB2767
State Employees
- As introduced, classifies as state employees for purposes of defense and other related provisions, soil and water conservation district board of supervisors, employees, officers, and agents, and persons designated by a soil and water conservation district as participants in volunteer programs authorized by such districts.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2768
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As introduced, requires the department to compile and publish data on the department's website data regarding the geographic location, duration, and severity of floods and landslides in this state.
Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2920
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, requires, as a condition of bail or other pretrial release, that a person charged with stalking, aggravated stalking, or especially aggravated stalking undergo a mental health evaluation prior to release.
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2945
Child Custody and Support
- As enacted, expands a parent's right to unimpeded telephone conversations with the parent's child at least twice a week when the child is in the custody of the other parent to include video conference conversations, if available.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 711
4/17/2024
HB7030
Juvenile Offenders
- As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 years of age or more at the time of the offense, to include burglary involving the theft of a firearm or an attempt to commit such offense; adds an appeal process for a criminal court to review a juvenile court's determination for such transfers.
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 8/29/2023
8/28/2023
HB7031
Juvenile Offenders
- As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 or older at the time of the offense, to include theft of a firearm or attempt to commit theft of a firearm; adds an appeal process for a criminal court to review a juvenile court's determination for such transfers.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
8/22/2023
HB7062
Courts, Juvenile
- As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee bureau of investigation to inspect files and records of the court in a juvenile court proceeding for the purposes of complying with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
8/22/2023
144 bill(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0001
Public Health
- As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from performing on a minor or administering to a minor a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
3/22/2023
HB0002
Public Health
- As enacted, makes permanent various provisions regarding COVID-19.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 48
5/17/2023
HB0009
Obscenity and Pornography
- As enacted, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
3/22/2023
HB0017
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates the month of May as "Silver Alert Awareness Month."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36
3/23/2023
HB0023
Open Meetings
- As enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the public; authorizes such body to deliberate or act upon matters not listed on the agenda if the body follows its bylaws or properly adopted rules and procedures and complies with all other applicable state laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 213
5/3/2023
HB0027
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0030
Local Government, General
- As introduced, requires a person to obtain a valid entertainer permit from the adult-oriented establishment board, in those jurisdictions with a board, prior to performing adult cabaret entertainment for compensation; prohibits public, private, and commercial establishments from allowing persons under the age of 18 to attend a performance featuring adult cabaret entertainment.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
3/9/2023
HB0040
Real Property
- As enacted, prohibits certain foreign ownership of real property in this state by nonresident aliens and foreign entities if certain conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0048
Local Government, General
- As enacted, caps at 20 the number of members that may be elected to the governing body of a metropolitan or municipal government.
Effective date(s) 03/09/2023
3/23/2023
HB0068
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, requires LEAs to conduct summer learning camps and after-school learning mini-camps annually instead of only in the summers immediately following the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years; revises the definition of "priority student" to allow additional "at-risk" children and students entering certain grade levels to participate in after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, and summer learning camps.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144
4/18/2023
HB0088
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 422
5/24/2023
HB0090
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits local governments from expending funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 168
4/25/2023
HB0115
Secretary of State
- As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 177
4/25/2023
HB0116
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship, Tennessee HOPE access grant, Tennessee HOPE teacher's scholarship, or Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant.
Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/20/2023
HB0120
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, expands the exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm with the intent to go armed from handguns to firearms if a person meets the age requirements, lawfully possesses the firearm, and is in a place where the person is lawfully present.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/21/2023
HB0159
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school property for the sole purpose of voting in an election for which the school is the adult's designated polling place.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 142
4/27/2023
HB0164
Adoption
- As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
HB0170
Zoning
- As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453
5/24/2023
HB0239
Statutes and Codification
- As enacted, adds "sex" as a defined term for statutory construction purposes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 486
5/24/2023
HB0252
Schools, Home
- As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/2/2023
HB0296
Codes
- As enacted, authorizes certain persons entering into employment as a municipal or county building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical inspector with an exempt jurisdiction to perform certain services.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/18/2023
HB0306
Schools, Private
- As enacted, limits the ability of a student enrolled in a private school to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity or event, to such activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, in accordance with the student's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285
5/4/2023
HB0319
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, establishes a "brownfield redevelopment area fund" to be used by the department to administer a brownfield redevelopment area grant program; creates a franchise and excise tax credit equal to the remediation costs for a brownfield property for a qualified development project in a tier 3 or tier 4 enhancement county; makes other related revisions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
4/18/2023
HB0322
Education
- As enacted, revises various provisions of present law relative to safety in elementary and secondary education and the Schools Against Violence in Education Act.
Effective date(s) 05/10/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0393
Food and Food Products
- As introduced, extends from 10 days to 14 days the minimum time period that a person may be enjoined from activity done in conjunction with meat or poultry based on a violation of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.
Held on desk.
4/23/2024
HB0394
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
6/2/2023
HB0399
Sexual Offenses
- As introduced, increases the maximum age for a victim of aggravated rape of a child from eight years of age to 12 years of age; changes the age for rape of a child from more than eight years of age but less than 13 years of age to more than 12 years of age but less than 18 years of age; increases the punishment for incest if the offense was committed against a child under 18 years of age from a Class C felony to a Class A felony punishable by a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.
Withdrawn.
1/30/2023
HB0465
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the department to promptly invalidate a disabled parking placard if the recipient of the placard is found to be deceased.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
4/29/2024
HB0500
Appropriations
- As introduced, appropriates $20 million to the legislature for the purchase or construction of a building or other facility accessible to the Cordell Hull Building.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0562
Military
- As enacted, clarifies that compensation for members of the national guard must accrue upon them being ordered to active state service and the payment of compensation to members must use this state's established weekly pay cycle as needed to effectuate compensation.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0571
Education, Higher
- As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education offering certain medical and health-related degree or certificate programs, and state contractors, from requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion training and education for purposes of the issuance of a degree, or the approval of a state contract or grant, as applicable.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/13/2023
HB0578
Handgun Permits
- As introduced, eliminates the application and processing fee for an enhanced handgun carry permit.
Withdrawn.
2/8/2024
HB0587
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, lowers the threshold for enhancing the minimum sentence of a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, from a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent or more to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or more.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1011
5/31/2024
HB0640
Uniform Commercial Code
- As enacted, clarifies that a "deposit account," for purposes of provisions regarding secured transactions in the Uniform Commercial Code, does not include a United States central bank digital currency.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 802
5/7/2024
HB0701
Sexual Offenses
- As enacted, adds offenses of continuous sexual abuse of a child committed on or after July 1, 2024, to the list of qualifying criminal misconduct that is sentenced to community supervision for life in addition to any other statutorily imposed punishment.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/15/2024
HB0702
Controlled Substances
- As enacted, enacts the "One Pill Will Kill Act," which adds fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, and thiafentanil to what constitutes a qualifying controlled substance for purposes of certain felony offenses.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0771
State Symbols
- As enacted, requests the governor to submit a new design of the great seal of the state of Tennessee by July 1, 2025, that incorporates the language "In God We Trust."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 261
5/3/2023
HB0774
Local Government, General
- As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act."
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0789
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, increases, over a five-year period, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue appropriated to municipalities; reduces, over a five-year period, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0799
Codes
- As enacted, makes changes to present law concerning residential and energy codes.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/3/2023
HB0814
Fire Prevention and Investigation
- As enacted, requires the state fire marshal to create a state fire permit that mobile food units may obtain annually to demonstrate fire safety and electrical code compliance to local governments; requires a local government to recognize the state fire permit in its jurisdiction; prohibits the local government from requiring a local fire permit if the mobile food unit holds a state fire permit.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/19/2023
HB0835
Election Laws
- As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB0938
Annexation
- As enacted, allows owners of real property used primarily for agricultural purposes who reside in a territory previously annexed by ordinance upon the initiative of the municipality to petition the municipality to deannex such property, if certain conditions are present.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0946
Energy
- As enacted, requires a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or renewable energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation to include certain sources of energy as permissible sources of clean or renewable energy.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
4/18/2023
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB0994
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, clarifies that a threat to use deadly force by a private citizen making an arrest is not in itself considered a use of deadly force; prohibits a private citizen from threatening to use deadly force during the course of a citizen's arrest unless the arrest is for a crime committed or threatened against the citizen making the arrest or for a violent crime committed or threatened in the presence of the citizen making the arrest.
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
4/3/2024
HB1011
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As introduced, authorizes the department to submit its annual report to the governor and general assembly on the state's solid waste management system in electronic format.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB1015
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, authorizes persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles, or storing motor vehicles that have been towed, to remove and secure a firearm left in a stored motor vehicle if the firearm can be removed without causing damage to the motor vehicle and other conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB1019
Taxes, Exemption and Credits
- As introduced, enacts the "Pregnancy Resource Tax Credit Act," which authorizes business, excise, and franchise tax credits for businesses that make monetary contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations that provide certain pregnancy-related services.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1044
Handgun Permits
- As introduced, requires the department of safety to issue permits with the designation "Enhanced Handgun Carry Permit" on the front of the permit; requires the department to issue replacement permits for any permit that contains the designation "Handgun Carry Permit" upon renewal or upon the permit holder's request.
Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Civil Justice Committee
1/31/2024
HB1056
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, adds to the bill of rights for permit applicants under the Water Quality Control Act that permit applicants have the right to have their construction stormwater permit applications considered based on the activities described in the permit application and conditions that exist at the time the permit application is under consideration, rather than possible future conditions unrelated to the activities for which the permit is sought as identified in the application.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 169
4/25/2023
HB1057
Water Pollution
- As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of wetland equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit for wetland impacts from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the wetland that the permit will apply to.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 170
4/25/2023
HB1060
Employees, Employers
- As enacted, makes changes to the Tennessee Employment Security Law relative to benefit eligibility conditions, disqualifications events, and methods for employers to report certain conduct of claimants.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB1067
Utilities, Utility Districts
- As introduced, requires a municipal utility system or metropolitan electric plant that established a program before January 1, 2021, for purposes of accepting and distributing excess receipts for bona fide charitable purposes, and that operates the program on an opt-out basis, to begin operating the program on an opt-in basis by January 1, 2024.
Failed in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
3/12/2024
HB1072
Veterans Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to establish an honor guard grant program to provide grants to veteran service organizations to offset expenses incurred by the organization and members of the organization's honor guard in providing military funeral honors for qualifying Tennessee veterans.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB1077
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, creates a farmers market food unit permit for food service establishments that meet requirements.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 475
5/24/2023
HB1176
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As enacted, makes changes relative to the board of commissioners for certain airport authorities.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 488
5/24/2023
HB1187
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, reduces, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund; increases, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share appropriated to municipalities.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/17/2024
HB1189
Remedies and Special Proceedings
- As enacted, limits the circumstances under which a qualified civil liability action may be brought against certain manufacturers, dealers, and sellers of firearms and related products.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/24/2023
HB1197
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As enacted, reconstitutes boards of directors for sports authorities in certain counties having a metropolitan form of government.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/24/2023
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
HB1269
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
5/24/2023
HB1270
Correctional Programs
- As enacted, revises present law relative to community corrections.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 483
5/24/2023
HB1271
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, enacts the "Access and Opportunity Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165
4/25/2023
HB1280
Elder Abuse
- As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 or older.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/24/2023
HB1286
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, requires the department of treasury investment division staff to invest, reinvest, manage, and select investment options for program assets for financial reasons, excluding environmental, social, and governance interests that may not be material to the financial analysis of the investment, for the exclusive benefit of the beneficiaries of the programs while maximizing long-term shareholder value; makes other changes concerning the authority of the state treasurer.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 471
5/24/2023
HB1342
Economic and Community Development
- As enacted, places certain restrictions on employers seeking to receive economic development incentives.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/17/2023
HB1346
Real Property
- As enacted, prohibits this state and its political subdivisions from adopting or implementing policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to, "Agenda 21," adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the U.N.'s proposal to reach net zero emissions by 2050, or any other international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the constitution of the United States or the constitution of this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 479
5/24/2023
HB1351
Sheriffs
- As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 451
5/24/2023
HB1376
Education, Higher
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268
5/3/2023
HB1380
Public Health
- As enacted, enacts the "Mature Minor Doctrine Clarification Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 477
5/24/2023
HB1445
Education, Higher
- As enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is owned or hosted by a company based in the People's Republic of China; grants certain exemptions for law enforcement activities; investigatory functions; and audit, compliance, or legal functions of the institution.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152
4/18/2023
HB1481
Public Funds and Financing
- As introduced, makes gold and silver coinage legal tender; authorizes payment of taxes with gold and silver coinage; makes other changes concerning precious metals.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/18/2023
HB1492
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, generally requires by January 1, 2024, each law enforcement agency to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits an officer from using a drone or other substantially similar device as a weapon under any circumstances while in the exercise of the officer's official duties; requires a law enforcement agency to permit an officer qualified to operate a drone to utilize a drone or a substantially similar device for the purpose of remotely detonating a bomb or similar incendiary or explosive device.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1561
Sumner County
- Subject to local approval, prohibits public entities in Sumner County from using eminent domain to acquire privately owned real property for parks, trails, paths, or greenways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling, or equestrian use, unless the privately owned real property is parallel to, runs directly along the length of, and extends in the same direction as a highway, road, or street.
Pr. Ch. 29
5/24/2023
HB1605
Flags
- As introduced, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from displaying in public schools flags other than the official United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag.
Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 13, Nays 6, PNV 3
4/23/2024
HB1614
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
5/31/2024
HB1618
Game and Fish Laws
- As introduced, authorizes a person to hunt on or over privately owned land where bait is present; specifies that written consent and compliance with other requirements to catch or kill a wild animal on the land of another still apply.
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
2/28/2024
HB1630
Education
- As enacted, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 550
3/19/2024
HB1631
Schools, Private
- As enacted, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-K through 12 is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1635
Hotels and Restaurants
- As enacted, prohibits emotional support animals that are not trained, or being trained, to perform tasks or work for a person with a disability from indoor areas of food service establishments.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 566
3/26/2024
HB1655
Education
- As enacted, enacts the "Mathematics Supports Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 551
3/19/2024
HB1663
Sentencing
- As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
5/13/2024
HB1689
Solid Waste Disposal
- As enacted, expands the permitted uses for money received by a county for each tire sold in the county to include removal of illegally disposed waste tires from public or private property; authorizes the department of environment and conservation to provide funds to a local government for the investigation and clean-up of unpermitted waste tire disposal sites; makes other related changes.
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2025
4/3/2024
HB1719
Bail, Bail Bonds
- As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869
5/13/2024
HB1726
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring an immunization as a condition of adopting or overseeing a child in foster care if an individual or member of an individual's household objects to immunization on the basis of religious or moral convictions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 699
4/17/2024
HB1817
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class D felony to a Class B felony for a person who negligently, by act or omission, engages in conduct that places a child eight years of age or less in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1872
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while students or other children are present; makes revisions to law relative to bail.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1063
6/3/2024
HB1881
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/28/2024
HB1890
Agriculture
- As introduced, establishes a program to allow the department of agriculture to acquire and administer real estate interests in the state, including the administration of grants for the purpose of preserving farm and forestry land; creates the Farmland Preservation Fund to be used for the program; specifies provisions that must be included in an agricultural easement acquired through the program.
Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee
4/11/2024
HB1894
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1895
Abortion
- As enacted, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor if certain conditions are met.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
5/31/2024
HB1899
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces to serve as school resource officers on school premises.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/17/2024
HB1904
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, exempts persons who are authorized to carry a firearm pursuant to an enhanced handgun carry permit or a concealed handgun carry permit from the criminal offense of possessing a firearm in a concealed manner at a meeting conducted by, or on property owned, operated, or managed or under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity that is properly posted.
No Action Taken
4/2/2024
HB1908
Education, Dept. of
- As enacted, enacts the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act," which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 954
5/13/2024
HB1922
Children
- As enacted, makes changes to the procedure for surrendering custody of an unwanted infant without criminal liability.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 728
4/29/2024
HB1950
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601
4/3/2024
HB1995
Health, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to create a separate marriage license application form and marriage license form that may be used by applicants if the bride is a female and the groom is a male; prohibits a county clerk from certifying and recording this marriage license form if the form was used to solemnize a marriage between persons other than a female bride and a male groom.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
3/5/2024
HB1999
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As introduced, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how much funding each development district will receive.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2001
Healthcare Liability
- As enacted, provides that in health care liability actions, the common law collateral source rule is abrogated and the damages awarded may include, in addition to others, certain actual economic losses suffered by the claimant.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 852
5/13/2024
HB2002
Judicial Districts
- As enacted, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district, creates one additional trial court in the 19th judicial district; eliminates part VII of the circuit court in the 13th judicial district; and eliminates part IX of the criminal court in the 13th judicial district.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2031
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recover compensatory damages from the loss or injury.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958
5/13/2024
HB2032
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, removes the offense of possessing a weapon in a building that prohibits or restricts weapons; allows a person with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun into a business that prohibits or restricts weapons; removes penalties for violations of certain firearms provisions.
Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
4/9/2024
HB2034
Driver Licenses
- As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens so that the licenses may be easily distinguished from driver and photo identification licenses issued to residents of this state who are United States citizens; reduces from eight years to two years the maximum period of time for which a temporary license or permit may be issued.
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/12/2024
HB2035
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1062
6/3/2024
HB2054
Real Property
- As enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2088
Military
- As enacted, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state employees who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard to special leave with partial pay during a period in which the members have been called to active duty.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847
5/13/2024
HB2100
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on certain analysis; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person, based upon certain factors, including the person's political opinions, speech, or affiliations, or religious beliefs, religious exercise, or religious affiliations.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB2116
Education, Higher
- As introduced, extends the 25 percent tuition discount at state institutions of higher education for children of public school teachers to children of full-time law enforcement officers employed by a county or municipality in this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/27/2024
HB2119
Eminent Domain
- As enacted, establishes generally that a condemner bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence certain facts relative to public use; grants the property owner a right to have a court of competent jurisdiction determine if the taking is necessary to accomplish the public use.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2158
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)
- As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to TISA funding for school nurses or school health services.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB2165
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, requires a request made by a student to an employee of the student's LEA or public charter school for an accommodation to affirm the student's gender identity to be reported to a school administrator and to the student's parent; prohibits an employee of an LEA or public charter school from knowingly providing false or misleading information to a student's parent regarding the student's gender identity or intention to transition to a gender that differs from the student's sex at the time of birth; authorizes civil actions to be filed by parents and by the attorney general and reporter against a noncompliant LEA or public charter school.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 832
5/9/2024
HB2190
Governor
- As enacted, authorizes the governor to deploy up to a brigade-sized force to Texas to assist in repelling the invasion at the southern border of the United States during fiscal year 2024-2025.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2216
Statutes of Limitations and Repose
- As enacted, enacts "Danielle's Law," which extends the statute of limitations for injuries to a person, who is 18 or older, relating to sexual assault to three years or five years depending on if law enforcement was notified of the assault.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644
4/8/2024
HB2263
Conservation
- As enacted, requires that appointees to the fish and wildlife commission participate in activities regulated by the commission; requires the commission and wildlife resource agency to encourage hunting, angling, and trapping as preferred methods of wildlife management and conservation within this state; clarifies the fish and wildlife commission's authority over the taking of game and fish.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB2304
Safety, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to provide written and electronic notice to the employing company of a person appointed and commissioned as a state facility protection officer to provide facility security when the department no longer requires the service of such person.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/10/2024
HB2310
Public Health
- As enacted, creates a civil cause of action against any person who intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure, regardless of where the medical procedure is to be procured.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1064
6/3/2024
HB2323
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
HB2326
Education
- As enacted, requires a student's LEA or public charter school to convene a conference attended by the student's guardian, ELA teacher, and school principal if the student is promoted to fourth grade and does not show adequate growth in order to determine if the student should be promoted to fifth grade with required tutoring or retained in the fourth grade.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2369
Local Government, General
- As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with respect to employment based on residence.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 851
5/13/2024
HB2386
Search & Seizure
- As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to execute a search warrant for medical records or a test to determine the alcohol or drug content, or both, of a person's blood anywhere in the state, rather than in the county in which the warrant was issued; makes related changes.
Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB2391
Election Laws
- As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2487
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, conditions the expulsion of a student for committing the zero tolerance offense of threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity to threats of mass violence determined to be valid based on the results of a threat assessment; requires directors of schools and heads of public charter schools to report threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity made by a student that are determined, based on the results of a threat assessment, to be valid.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 882
5/13/2024
HB2490
TennCare
- As introduced, establishes separate reimbursement rates for ground-based rural ambulance services and urban ambulance services provided to TennCare recipients; allows for certain rural ambulance service providers to receive emergency medical services equipment grants.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2553
Real Property
- As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024, 01/01/2025
5/29/2024
HB2611
Criminal Procedure
- As enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district attorney general declines prosecution, an investigating state or local law enforcement agency to report and submit evidence of the offense to the district attorney general for another judicial district in which jurisdiction and venue over the offense are proper.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
5/9/2024
HB2619
Correction, Dept. of
- As enacted, generally prohibits the department from using state funds to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse, or for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
5/9/2024
HB2692
Domestic Violence
- As enacted, enacts "The Debbie and Marie Domestic Violence Protection Act," which makes revisions to law related to global positioning monitoring system devices, including requiring the court to order an offender to wear such a device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety, requiring a cellular device application or electronic receptor device provided to the victim to be capable of notifying the victim if the offender is within a prescribed proximity of the victim's cellular device or electronic receptor device, and making other revisions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1033
5/31/2024
HB2702
Juvenile Offenders
- As introduced, requires the juvenile court to transfer a child to the sheriff of the county to be held according to law and dealt with as an adult in the criminal court if the child is charged with an offense involving theft of a firearm or a felony offense involving the use of a firearm and the child was 14 or older at the time of the alleged conduct .
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
4/10/2024
HB2773
Health Care
- As enacted, enacts the "Cassie Wright Act," which makes changes to law relative to a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian having access to certain medical information of their unemancipated minor.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2774
Immigration
- As enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regarding such review.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2814
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2857
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, removes from the definition of "provider-based telemedicine" the requirement that the healthcare service provider or the provider's practice group or healthcare system have an established provider-patient relationship that is documented by an in-person encounter within 16 months prior to the interactive visit; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1027
5/31/2024
HB2882
Education, Curriculum
- As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety.
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
5/1/2024
HB2889
Corporations, For Profit
- As introduced, authorizes the registered agent of a foreign corporation to resign the agency appointment by filing information with the secretary of state in an electronic format deemed suitable by the secretary of state.
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/8/2024
HB2940
TennCare
- As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act."
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2961
Evidence
- As introduced, directs the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR), with the assistance of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the district attorneys general conference, and the department of safety, to study the feasibility of a Shelby County crime lab and the impact of such a crime lab on public health, safety, education, housing, and the economy for citizens and visitors of Shelby County, the city of Memphis, this state, and the Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi tri-state region; requires TACIR to submit a report of the study findings to the general assembly by January 14, 2025.
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
4/10/2024
HB7008
Mental Illness
- As introduced, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to take certain steps to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional determines that a service recipient has made an actual threat of bodily harm or has an intention to commit such harm; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional who takes reasonable action to provide such warning or protection.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7032
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As introduced, requires health insurance carriers, including TennCare providers, to provide mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the carriers and providers provide alcoholism and drug dependence services and treatment.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7034
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, raises from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony knowingly violating an order of protection or a restraining order issued due to domestic abuse when based on stalking; raises the classification range for stalking from a Class A misdemeanor or Class E felony to a Class E or D felony; raises the classification of aggravated stalking from a Class E to a Class D felony; requires a court to order a mental health assessment of a defendant's need for mental health treatment if convicted of a stalking offense, at cost to the defendant unless indigent; requires the sentence to include the defendant undergoing treatment and monitoring of drug intake if the assessment indicates that the defendant is in need of and amenable to treatment.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7041
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As enacted, requires the bureau to submit a report on child and human trafficking crimes and trends in this state, based upon data available to the bureau, as well as current programs and activities of the bureau's human trafficking unit, to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate by December 1, 2023, and by each December 1 thereafter.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 3
12/27/2023
HB7064
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, allows law enforcement officers, whether on-duty or off-duty, retired law enforcement officers, active duty and retired members of the armed forces of the United States, whether in discharge of official duties or not, and enhanced handgun carry permit holders, except in certain circumstances, to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, with or without the intent to go armed, a handgun in any public school building or bus, on any public school campus, grounds, recreation area, athletic field, or any other property owned, operated, or while in use by any public board of education, school, college, or university board of trustees, regents, or directors for the administration of any public educational institution.
Failed in Education Administration of 1st Extraordinary Session
8/23/2023
HB7071
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As introduced, requires the bureau to submit a report on the number of mass shootings that occur in this state to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate by January 1, 2024, and by each January 1 thereafter.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
19 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0319
Memorials, Recognition
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0326
Memorials, Recognition
- West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0564
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Ashlyn Bookout, Three Oaks Middle School Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0565
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Christina VanHooser, Dyer County High School Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0566
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Monica Robbins, Holice Powell Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0634
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Robert Jordan Veal
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0635
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Peyton Alexander Jowers
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0655
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Emma Juliet Pence
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0656
Memorials, Retirement
- Parks Tigrett Wells
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0668
Memorials, Retirement
- James Barry Kendall
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0937
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee farmers and farming practices
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2024
HJR0994
Memorials, Recognition
- Dyer County Schools, Exemplary School District
Signed by Governor.
3/20/2024
HJR0995
Memorials, Recognition
- Dyersburg City Schools, Exemplary School District
Signed by Governor.
3/20/2024
HJR1467
Memorials, Retirement
- Charles Harris
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1468
Memorials, Recognition
- John Garrett, 2024 Bassmaster Elite Tournament champion
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1478
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Candace Thweatt, Obion County Schools Pre-K-4 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1479
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Ryan McMackin, Obion County Schools Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1480
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Hamilton Hudson, Obion County Schools Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1481
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Amanda Williams, Dyer County Schools Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
79 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0004
Memorials, Recognition
- National Wild Turkey Federation, 50th Anniversary
Signed by Governor.
1/27/2023
HJR0027
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses strong support for completion of the southern border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0038
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the provision that authorizes the legislature to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime and to clarify that citizens have a right to keep and bear arms for their defense, and not just for common defense.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/10/2024
HJR0072
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Charles A. Champion
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0084
Memorials, Sports
- Arion Carter, Gatorade Tennessee Football Player of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
HJR0120
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Honors the memories of Zackery Grooms and Chance Black and requests TWRA to erect a marker in remembrance of the young men.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0131
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Addresses and establishes the declared public policy of the State of Tennessee relative to the right of the citizens and those within the boundaries of this State to keep, bear, and wear arms.
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR0153
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Charles Wilson, State Forestry Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0173
3/13/2023
HJR0157
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Drew Getty, State Forestry Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0169
3/13/2023
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0275
Memorials, Death
- Colonel (Ret.) Patrick "Rage" Ragan
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0288
Memorials, Heroism
- Officer Tina Shaw
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0301
Memorials, Recognition
- Montford Point Marines
Signed by Governor.
3/8/2023
HJR0322
Memorials, Recognition
- Crockett County Ambulance Service
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0355
Memorials, Death
- Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0465
Memorials, Recognition
- Reverend Dr. J. Lawrence Turner
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
HJR0503
Memorials, Recognition
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake and commanding officers
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0504
Memorials, Heroism
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Officers and State and federal law enforcement officials
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0521
Memorials, Recognition
- Nashville Fire Department and Nashville Department of Emergency Communications 911
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
HJR0522
Memorials, Recognition
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0523
Memorials, Death
- Evelyn Marie Dieckhaus
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0524
Memorials, Death
- Hallie Scruggs
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0525
Memorials, Death
- William Kinney
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0526
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Katherine Koonce
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0527
Memorials, Death
- Cynthia Broyles Peak
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0528
Memorials, Death
- Michael "Mike" Hill
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0537
Memorials, Recognition
- Brian Marsh, 2023 President of the Tennessee Road Builders Association
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
HJR0576
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Karla Yanely Pacheco, Salutatorian, Raleigh Egypt High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0577
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Maria Fernanda Arredondo, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0578
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Zoey Zakyia Carruth, Salutatorian, Cordova High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0579
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Ashton Rose Ramirez, Valedictorian, Cordova High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0580
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Petra Rayo Jimenez, Valedictorian, Kingsbury High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0581
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Kierra Thrill, Salutatorian, Kingsbury High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0688
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Affirms support for Israel and condemns Hamas.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
1/30/2024
HJR0756
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jim Hamilton, Tennessee Claims Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 846
2/22/2024
HJR0775
Memorials, Recognition
- Beacon Center, 20th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0784
Memorials, Death
- James B. "Jim" Spears
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0791
Memorials, Death
- John Patten Guerry
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0801
Memorials, Congress
- Urges the federal government to do all within its power to secure the U.S. border.
Signed by Governor.
4/18/2024
HJR0803
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee.
Signed by Governor.
4/16/2024
HJR0808
Memorials, Death
- Representative Frank Buck
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0810
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border.
Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
3/21/2024
HJR0830
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Rifle
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR0844
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for bid to host Special Olympics USA Games in Tennessee.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR0920
Memorials, Sports
- Todd Helton, Baseball Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2024
HJR0963
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR1009
Memorials, Recognition
- A Soldier's Child Foundation
Signed by Governor.
3/26/2024
HJR1027
Memorials, Death
- Jillian Ludwig
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2024
HJR1050
Memorials, Sports
- Pickett County Lady Bobcats, Class A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR1142
Memorials, Recognition
- First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR7014
Memorials, Recognition
- Bev Johnson
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7023
Memorials, Death
- Representative Bill Beck
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7037
Memorials, Recognition
- Larry Taylor, Congressional Medal of Honor
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7053
Memorials, Recognition
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Quinco Community Mental Health Centers
Signed by Governor.
9/8/2023
HR0081
Memorials, Interns
- Ashlee Allison
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0082
Memorials, Interns
- Alexis Nelson
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0088
Memorials, Government Officials
- Requests that a memorial plaque be affixed in the House chamber to the desk of the late Representative Barbara Cooper.
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0154
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Paddlesports Association
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
HR0155
Memorials, Retirement
- Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0128
Memorials, Death
- Clara Louise Macklin
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0159
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0169
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Drew Getty, State Forestry Commission
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0173
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Charles Wilson, State Forestry Commission
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0179
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2023
SJR0210
Memorials, Recognition
- Lt. Governor Randy McNally
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0263
Memorials, Recognition
- Safari Club International
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0355
Memorials, Sports
- Hampton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 1A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2023
SJR0533
Memorials, Recognition
- Women Veterans Appreciation Day
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0534
Memorials, Recognition
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Honoring Our Veterans Day
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0556
Memorials, Recognition
- Jasmine Carson
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0846
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jim Hamilton, Tennessee Claims Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0869
Memorials, Death
- Brenda Louise Smith Allred
Signed by Governor.
2/5/2024
SJR0870
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for State of Israel and condemns recent attacks on Israel.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR0878
Memorials, Death
- Robert Donald "Don" Arnold
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024
SJR1364
Memorials, Recognition
- Oakhill Farm, Tennessee Century Farm
Signed by Governor.
4/24/2024