Bill Number |
Composite Abstract |
Last Action |
Date |
1: SB0063 |
Motor Vehicle Commission - Removes authority of motor vehicle commission to prohibit on-site sales by boat, camper, motor home, or recreational vehicle dealers exhibiting merchandise at motor vehicle shows. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of Transportation Comm. |
03/16/2007 |
2: SB0148 |
Banks and Financial Institutions - Requires industrial loan and thrift companies to provide detailed written statement or copy of loan contract to borrowers; prohibits industrial loan and thrift companies from disseminating false or untrue statements relative to terms upon which money may be loaned; allows commissioner of financial institutions to approve various repayment schedules. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 45, Chapter 5, Part 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm |
02/20/2007 |
3: SB0149 |
Workers Compensation - Requires that each company have its own workers' compensation experience rating based on the nature of the company and its workers' compensation claims. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 5, Part 3. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/06/2007 |
4: SB0364 |
Taxes, Sales - Permits nonprofit organizations and public schools to conduct fundraising events in which sales of tangible personal property are made with the first four events being considered nontaxable occasional and isolated sales and with sales during subsequent events being taxable sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Tax Sub Comm. |
04/03/2007 |
5: SB0365 |
Safety - Exempts from inspections elevators that are over 75 years old, have a 30-day maintenance agreement, and are subject to an insurance liability policy of $1,000,000; specifies that such elevators will be granted valid operating permits. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm |
02/21/2007 |
6: SB0366 |
Workers Compensation - Excludes aliens from workers' compensation benefits unless such alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence or was otherwise lawfully residing in the United States at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm |
04/23/2007 |
7: SB0367 |
Business and Commerce - Enacts the "Tennessee Franchise Disclosure Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 47. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/06/2007 |
8: SB0368 |
Clerks, Court - Requires administrative office of the courts to provide travel reimbursement to clerks who attend at least 75 percent of the conference's training sessions. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 1, Part 5 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6. |
P2C, ref. to S. JUD Comm. |
02/08/2007 |
9: SB0423 |
Utilities, Utility Districts - Increases the maximum dollar amount of per diem that may be paid to utility district commissioners for attending meetings of the utility district's board of commissioners. - Amends TCA Section 7-82-308(a)(1). |
Pub. Ch. 74 |
05/07/2007 |
10: SB0505 |
Explosives - Revises definition of and requirements to be a handler, blaster, or limited blaster under the Tennessee Blasting Standards Act of 1975; requires any action to collect a civil penalty to be initiated within one year of the alleged violation. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105. |
Held on desk. |
04/23/2007 |
11: SB0506 |
County Officers - Requires that the annual percentage increase in the salary of specified county officials be at least as great as the percentage increase in salary of the county officials in the county with the median population of all of the counties. - Amends TCA Title 8. |
Pub. Ch. 470 |
06/27/2007 |
12: SB0507 |
Tennessee Valley Authority - Allows peace officers to utilize deadly force under certain circumstances at Category I nuclear facilities. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-120. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 14 |
04/16/2007 |
13: SB0590 |
State Employees - Increases maximum period of paid leave of absence in a calendar year for state employees serving as reservists from 15 to 20 working days. - Amends TCA Section 8-33-109. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/16/2007 |
14: SB0591 |
Funeral Directors and Embalmers - Authorizes persons to designate that their bodies be cremated upon death; such designation must be made in writing during the deceased's lifetime and may include instruction for ash disposition; any such instructions must be followed by the person to whom the ashes are entrusted. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 5. |
Action Def. in S.GW,H&HR Comm. to 5/16/2007 |
05/09/2007 |
15: SB0592 |
Minority Affairs - Requires the assistance program for small and minority-owned businesses to provide funds without recourse for loan loss reserves, if the reserves are leveraged at a minimum of three times, for loans to small, minority, disadvantaged and start-up businesses to facilitate growth and assist with small business recovery. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 5, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/06/2007 |
16: SB0593 |
Billboards - Authorizes the use of changeable message signs if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21. |
Pub. Ch. 76 |
05/07/2007 |
17: SB0594 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes the home of record requirement from time of entry into military service to date of application for financial assistance for purposes of qualifying for a HOPE scholarship by dependents of members of the armed forces or the Tennessee national guard who do not reside in Tennessee immediately preceding date of application for a HOPE scholarship and who did not complete high school in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-926. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
18: SB0595 |
TennCare - Requires the bureau of TennCare to provide emergency medical services to all residents of this state to the same extent, and pursuant to the same terms and conditions, as those emergency services are available to illegal aliens. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm. |
03/07/2007 |
19: SB0732 |
Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires managed health insurance issuers that make known to participating providers or members the results of the provider's performance to undertake certain actions prior to public release of the performance comparison. - Amends TCA Title 56. |
Pub. Ch. 406 |
06/19/2007 |
20: SB0733 |
Safety - Creates "service release inspections" new category of electrical inspections; authorizes issuance of such inspections for purposes of installing HVAC systems for manufactured homes and modular buildings. - Amends TCA Section 68-102-143. |
Pub. Ch. 379 |
06/19/2007 |
21: SB0734 |
Health Care - Expands the types of clinics at which volunteer health care licensees may render service. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 7. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm. |
05/02/2007 |
22: SB0735 |
Agriculture - Prohibits any political subdivision of the state from regulating the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, and application of fertilizers. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 11, Part 1. |
Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 5 - SA0396) |
05/14/2008 |
23: SB0736 |
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Requires any outboard or personal watercraft marine engine powering a motorboat owned by the TWRA on or after January 1, 2008, to be a four-stroke engine that meets 2006 emission standards promulgated by the environmental protection agency. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 3. |
P2C, ref. to S. E,C&T Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
24: SB0737 |
Water - Authorizes the department of environment and conservation to regulate excess and wasteful water leakage at public water systems. - Amends TCA Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. |
P2C, ref. to S. S&L Gov. Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
25: SB0738 |
Water - Requires public water systems under the jurisdiction of the water and wastewater board and public water systems operated by utility districts to include in their annual audits the annual average unaccounted for water loss; establishes various procedures relating to reporting and monitoring unaccounted for water loss; adds grounds for initiating a contested case hearing on whether a member or members of the board of commissioners of a utility district under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board should be replaced. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65 and Title 68, Chapter 221. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 243 |
06/01/2007 |
26: SB0739 |
Business and Commerce - Removes the authority of a title pledge lender to charge a fee equal to no more than one fifth of the original principal amount of the title pledge agreement and instead authorizes an effective rate of interest of no more than 17 percent a month. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 15. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
04/24/2007 |
27: SB0740 |
Real Estate Agents and Brokers - Deletes statutory requirement that executive director of the real estate commission have passed the broker's examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-13-207. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/23/2007 |
28: SB0741 |
Pest Control - Increases the length of the black fly suppression program from one year to two years and eliminates the required start date of no later than May 2007. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 6. |
Pub. Ch. 563 |
07/12/2007 |
29: SB1008 |
Landlord and Tenant - Removes applicability of Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to only certain counties and provides for statewide application of such act. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm. |
03/14/2007 |
30: SB1009 |
Junk Dealers and Junkyards - Adds used catalytic converters to list of items junk dealers are required to keep with the names of persons from whom they buy or get such items. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/20/2007 |
31: SB1202 |
Livestock - Requires department of agriculture to develop and implement an animal identification program that is consistent with the USDA National Animal Identification System; participation is voluntary unless required at a later time by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 44. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm. |
03/06/2007 |
32: SB1203 |
Veterans - Provides that veterans with 30 percent or more service-connected disability, instead of more restrictive 30 percent or more combat-related disability, are eligible for free sport fishing and hunting license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/11/2007 |
33: SB1204 |
Juvenile Offenders - Authorizes judges to order suspension of driver license of juvenile who commits zero tolerance offense or makes a bomb threat. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
34: SB1205 |
Consumer Protection - Specifies that the limitation on selling a residence with more bedrooms than are permitted by the sewage disposal system permit applies only to new construction, and specifies that real estate agents violate the statute only if they have actual, not constructive, knowledge of the violation. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 66, Chapter 5. |
Pub. Ch. 78 |
05/07/2007 |
35: SB1206 |
Motor Vehicles - Defines off highway motor vehicles as motor vehicles for motor vehicle dealer purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 55, Chapter 6, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans Comm. |
04/18/2007 |
36: SB1207 |
Economic and Community Development - Establishes a joint study committee to examine small business development and retention; creates Tennessee Tomorrow, Inc., to create economic and community development opportunities for Tennessee communities. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67. |
Pub. Ch. 596 |
07/19/2007 |
37: SB1208 |
Juvenile Offenders - Revises Interstate Compact for Juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
38: SB1210 |
Physicians and Surgeons - Allows an organization that sponsors volunteer health care services to file reports concerning the physicians' providing such volunteer services on a quarterly basis and to maintain confirmation of licensure of such physicians as provided on the state Web site; clarifies that activities that are not otherwise authorized cannot be performed at the physician's office on behalf of the sponsoring organization. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 7. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 69 |
05/03/2007 |
39: SB1211 |
Banks and Financial Institutions - Prohibits any bank or out-of-state bank from establishing or maintaining a branch on the premises of an affiliate that engages in commercial activities. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2. |
Pub. Ch. 5 |
04/04/2007 |
40: SB1212 |
Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - Requires the commissioner to inform an applicant for a rate service organization license that has been denied such license the reasons for the denial, in writing, within 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 56. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm. |
03/06/2007 |
41: SB1775 |
Workers Compensation - Requires person who has drawn unemployment benefits and who later receives workers' compensation for same period to repay the unemployment benefits; revises grounds for civil penalty for failure to have a person with authority to settle dispute present at a benefit review conference. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. |
Pub. Ch. 513 |
06/27/2007 |
42: SB1797 |
Workers Compensation - Permits limiting future medical benefits in certain circumstances; defines repetitive injuries and sets burden of proof for such injuries. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
05/15/2007 |
43: SB1996 |
Livestock - Authorizes commissioner of agriculture to establish a voluntary animal identification system for livestock. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 2, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A Comm |
02/26/2007 |
44: SB2008 |
Education - Enacts the virtual public schools act to provide certain educational resources and opportunities to students via the Internet in a virtual or remote setting. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/20/2008 |
45: SB2305 |
Civil Procedure - Provides that court approved attorney fees in medical malpractice case are conclusively presumed to be reasonable in any subsequent action before the board of professional responsibility based on a complaint concerning the amount or reasonableness of the attorney fees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/26/2007 |
46: SB2324 |
Taxes, Litigation - Authorizes Carroll County to impose a privilege tax on litigation in all civil and criminal cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/26/2007 |
47: SB2353 |
Naming and Designating - Names Tennessee National Guard Armory in Erwin in honor of the late Sergeant First Class Mark O. Edwards, Tennessee Army National Guard. - |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/25/2007 |
48: SB2375 |
Cocke County - Subject to local approval, requires all funds from Cocke County recreational fund be handled by county trustee. - Amends Chapter 95 of the Private Acts of 2000. |
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 44 |
06/01/2007 |
49: SB2395 |
Newport - Subject to local approval, removes civil service protection for fire chief, assistant fire chief, and assistant police chief. - Amends Chapter 539 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended. |
Withdrawn. |
03/04/2008 |
50: SB2587 |
Motor Vehicles - Exempts Unicoi County from the restriction on enforcement of motor vehicle laws by municipalities having a population of 10,000 or less. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 3. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/24/2008 |
51: SB2588 |
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - Authorizes golf carts to be driven in state parks, on campgrounds, and on areas designed for motor vehicles, if driver has a valid driver license. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3, Part 1. |
Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 1 - SA1437) |
05/14/2008 |
52: SB2589 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes the home of record requirement for purposes of qualifying for a HOPE scholarship by dependents of members of the armed forces or the Tennessee national guard who do not reside in Tennessee immediately preceding date of application for a HOPE scholarship and who did not complete high school in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/14/2008 |
53: SB2590 |
Public Funds and Financing - Enacts "Terror-Free Investment Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 24; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37; Title 8, Chapter 5 and Title 9, Chapter 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. F,W&M Comm. |
04/29/2008 |
54: SB2644 |
Taxes, Sales - Exempts from sales tax sales of flatbed trailers with a gross vehicle weight of 23,000 pounds or less, used primarily for agricultural purposes, to qualifying farmers or nurserymen. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. F,W&M Comm. |
05/09/2008 |
55: SB2645 |
Wildlife Resources Commission - Specifies that cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, mules, and poultry are domestic farm animals for which no permit is required other than by the department of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4, Part 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. E,C&T Comm. |
01/30/2008 |
56: SB2646 |
District Attorneys - Authorizes service credits for criminal investigators for district attorneys who have had certain prior experience in law enforcement or postsecondary education. - Amends TCA Section 8-7-231 and Section 8-7-233. |
Signed by Governor. |
05/21/2008 |
57: SB2647 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes total semester hours for which a Tennessee HOPE scholarship may be received from semester hours attempted to semester hours attempted that have been paid for by net lottery proceeds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
58: SB2705 |
Funeral Directors and Embalmers - Establishes a restitution fund for purchasers of pre-need funeral contracts and allows sellers of guaranteed irrevocable trusts to charge an administrative fee. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 34 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4. |
Transmitted to Gov. for action. |
05/20/2008 |
59: SB2976 |
Driver Education - Encourages the department of education to require each LEA to provide by 2012-2013 a driver education course in each high school or available to all high students eligible for licensing as a driver. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
60: SB2977 |
Local Education Agency - Requires all LEAs to provide driver education. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
61: SB2978 |
Public Works Projects - Increases threshold for public works that require a registered architect, registered engineer, or registered landscape architect and allows plans, estimates, and specifications to be reused under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2. |
P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
62: SB2979 |
Water Resources - Establishes standards for drawing samples to test water quality of Pigeon River where it enters Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Pub. Ch. 767 |
05/08/2008 |
63: SB3155 |
Workers Compensation - Allows a permanently totally disabled employee to relinquish the right to future medical benefits in a settlement under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2. |
P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
64: SB3156 |
Garnishments and Executions - Revises method for calculating amount of wages withheld in a garnishment. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-404(b). |
Pub. Ch. 695 |
04/22/2008 |
65: SB3157 |
Game and Fish Laws - Legalizes the use of cable snare traps statewide. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. E,C&T Comm. |
02/13/2008 |
66: SB3336 |
Taxes, Income - Increases the number of senior citizens who are exempt from the Hall income tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. F,W&M Comm. |
04/29/2008 |
67: SB3337 |
Civil Procedure - Revises provisions governing notice of foreclosure being sent to debtor and co-debtor. - Amends TCA Section 35-5-101. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743 |
05/08/2008 |
68: SB3338 |
Law Enforcement - Authorizes certain officers and employees of local emergency management agencies to use blue flashing lights on their official motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
69: SB3339 |
Public Health - Enacts the "Crohn's Disease Restroom Access Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
02/12/2008 |
70: SB3340 |
Game and Fish Laws - Removes the present law prohibtion on the use of cable snare traps, regardless of the diameter, in any county located in the eastern grand division and the corresponding exceptions for certain counties; retains authority for Dyer County to prohibit the use of snare traps. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4. |
Pub. Ch. 675 |
04/15/2008 |
71: SB3442 |
Appropriations - Appropriates $100,000 to department of environment and conservation for removal of tires and associated debris from Nolichucky River. - |
Placed on S. FW&M Comm. cal. for 05/19/2008 |
05/20/2008 |
72: SB3443 |
Immigrants - Enacts the "Tennessee Citizen Protection Act of 2008." - |
Ref. to S. S&L Gov. Comm. |
01/31/2008 |
73: SB3444 |
Education, Higher - Provides 25 percent tuition reduction at state institutions of higher education to children of retired public school teachers with at least 25 years of creditable service; provided, that such child is under the age of 24. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-119. |
Placed on S. FW&M Comm. cal. for 05/15/2008 |
05/14/2008 |
74: SB3445 |
Fire Prevention and Investigation - Directs the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education to create grants to enable volunteer fire service personnel to attend the fire academy tuition free, to the greatest extent possible; payments to be made from the fire prevention fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 1. |
Placed on S. FW&M Comm. cal. for 05/15/2008 |
05/14/2008 |
75: SB3446 |
Education - Permits private schools to use public school facilities with permission of director of schools and subject to the local board of education's rules; specifies that this does not confer any right upon private schools to use public school facilities. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm. |
01/30/2008 |
76: SB3447 |
Taxes, Inheritance Gift - Increases Tennessee's inheritance tax exemption to $3,500,000 to match the federal limit; repeals the tax for years beginning on or after January 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 8. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. F,W&M Comm. |
05/09/2008 |
77: SB3448 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Permits high school students to use dual enrollment grants for any course for which they meet the enrollment requirements of the eligible postsecondary institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
78: SB3449 |
Highway Signs - "John Porter Davis Underpass," I-81 in Hamblen County - |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 739 |
05/08/2008 |
79: SB3507 |
Solid Waste Disposal - Increases membership of solid waste disposal control board from 11 to 12; adds person employed by private manufacturing concern with experience in management of solid wastes or hazardous materials to be appointed by the governor from a list of six nominees furnished by the Tennessee Manufacturers Association. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211; Title 68, Chapter 212 and Title 68, Chapter 202. |
P2C, ref. to S. E,C&T Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
80: SB3508 |
Billboards - Increases renewal fee for outdoor advertising permits from $70.00 to $75.00 for 2011 and thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21, Part 1. |
Am. withdrawn.(Amendment 1 - SA1335) |
05/20/2008 |
81: SB3509 |
Education - Specifies that funds raised by fundraisers involving students who are under the supervision of a school employee but conducted by a school support organization shall be school support organization funds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm. |
04/22/2008 |
82: SB3628 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires THEC to report specifically on the effectiveness of Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grants in retraining laid-off workers for new jobs and the feasibility of expansion of the Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
83: SB3636 |
Water - Authorizes the legislative body of the municipality or county where a fire hydrant has been located by a utility to require the utility to paint each such fire hydrant at least once every five years and to select the color and type of paint to be used on the fire hydrants. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
03/18/2008 |
84: SB3637 |
Taxes, Sales - Permits nonprofit organizations, other than volunteer fire departments, and public schools to conduct three fundraising events per calendar year in which the sale of tangible personal property is exempt from sales tax. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M. |
03/18/2008 |
85: SB3638 |
Claims Commission, Tennessee - Requires that whenever a claim is brought against the department of children’s services for negligence against a department employee and a claimant is awarded compensation, the claims commission shall set off such award by the amount paid by the department to care for the child or children of the claimant in the custody of the department, if any. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 37. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
86: SB3769 |
Auctions and Auctioneers - Requires auctioneer liens to be filed in the register's office in the county or counties in which the property is located within 60 days after the date of the auction instead of 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19, Part 1. |
Pub. Ch. 615 |
03/17/2008 |
87: SB3770 |
Highway Signs - "Anonymous Charitable Donor Underpass," underpass segment of bridge spanning Norfolk Southern Railroad on State Route 160 in Hamblen County - |
S. concurred in H. am. 2 |
05/20/2008 |
88: SB3771 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Provides that pass/fail courses are not included when calculating grade point averages for lottery scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
89: SB3772 |
Telecommunications - Eliminates aspects of TRA regulation over certain communications services under specific market conditions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52; Title 7, Chapter 86 and Title 65. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
01/29/2008 |
90: SB3796 |
Water Pollution - Adopts a Bill of Rights for Permit Applicants. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Pub. Ch. 854 |
05/08/2008 |
91: SB3829 |
Schools, Private and Charter - Removes the prohibition on authorizing cyber-based public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1. |
Action Def. in S. Ed. Comm. to 4/16/2008 |
04/09/2008 |
92: SB3830 |
Taxes, Sales - Exempts wood shavings, chips, and slabs from sales and use taxes when sold to qualified farmers and nurserymen. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
05/14/2008 |
93: SB3832 |
Education, State Board of - Confers on the board the power to authorize virtual schools and adopt guidelines for LEAs to implement virtual school technology. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
94: SB3845 |
Privacy, Confidentiality - Prohibits state agency employees acting in performance of their duties from intercepting wire, oral, or electronic communications without prior consent of all parties to the communication. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 6, Part 3. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
01/28/2008 |
95: SB3892 |
Nurses, Nursing - Creates exception to certain requirements for nurse anesthetist to be eligible for a certificate to practice as an advanced practice nurse. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 782 |
05/08/2008 |
96: SB4014 |
Insurance, Health, Accident - Authorizes the formation of health group cooperatives. - Amends TCA Title 56. |
Transmitted to Gov. for action. |
05/16/2008 |
97: SB4015 |
Game and Fish Laws - Legalizes fox hunting in Greene County. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4, Part 1. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
03/13/2008 |
98: SB4016 |
Credit, Consumer - Requires court clerks to provide information concerning impact of property settlements on credit card accounts and requires credit reporting agencies to note division of property on credit report. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4 and Title 47, Chapter 22. |
Ref. to S. Cal. Comm. |
05/07/2008 |
99: SB4116 |
Water - Requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to annually report certain information to the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file) |
05/07/2008 |
100: SB4119 |
Water - Adds a new classification of limited resource waters to the Water Quality Control Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
05/20/2008 |
101: SB4126 |
Telecommunications - Eliminates aspects of TRA regulation over certain communications services under specific market conditions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52; Title 7, Chapter 86 and Title 65. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/11/2008 |
102: SB4130 |
Employees, Employers - Grants authority for volunteer firefighters who work all night fighting a fire or who are on call to take the following day off from work as a vacation day or sick leave day without loss of pay in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1. |
Pub. Ch. 791 |
05/08/2008 |
103: SJR0014 |
Memorials, Death - Wilma Dykeman - |
Signed by Governor. |
02/16/2007 |
104: SJR0147 |
Naming and Designating - Names Tennessee National Guard Armory in Erwin in honor of the late Sergeant First Class Mark O. Edwards, Tennessee Army National Guard. - |
Assigned to s/c State Government of S&LG |
04/11/2007 |
105: SJR0415 |
Memorials, Recognition - Nuclear Fuel Services, 50th Anniversary - |
Signed by Governor. |
05/24/2007 |
106: SJR0575 |
Memorials, Public Service - Mary Sue Brakebill - |
Signed by Governor. |
06/20/2007 |
107: SJR0694 |
Memorials, Death - Ireene C. McLean - |
Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0 |
02/25/2008 |
108: SJR0983 |
Memorials, Recognition - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit-2 - |
Signed by Governor. |
05/20/2008 |
109: SR0003 |
Memorials, Recognition - Smoky Mountain Elementary School - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
02/13/2007 |
110: SR0004 |
Memorials, Recognition - Ben W. Hooper Vocational School, 30th Anniversary - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
02/13/2007 |
111: SR0015 |
Memorials, Recognition - Hyde EyeCare - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
02/27/2007 |
112: SR0020 |
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Ayers and Nina Porter, 70th wedding anniversary - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
03/27/2007 |
113: SR0023 |
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Gertrude Smith, 100th birthday - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
03/29/2007 |
114: SR0181 |
Memorials, Interns - Benjamin E. Simpson III - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/31/2007 |
115: SR0185 |
Memorials, Recognition - Sami Barile, Morristown's first female mayor - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
06/08/2007 |
116: SR0189 |
Memorials, Retirement - Mary Ann Clark - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
06/19/2007 |
117: SR0190 |
Memorials, Retirement - Ruth Ann Wilson - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
06/19/2007 |
118: SR0191 |
Memorials, Retirement - Robert Bird - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
06/19/2007 |
119: SR0203 |
Memorials, Retirement - Janice Johnson - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
01/24/2008 |
120: SR0276 |
Memorials, Government Officials - Urges specified actions to be taken relative to NPDES permit renewal in North Carolina for pulp and paper mill discharging into Pigeon River. - |
Adopted as am., Ayes 32, Nays 0 |
05/20/2008 |
121: SR0295 |
Memorials, Interns - Thad Jablonski - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/19/2008 |
122: SR0297 |
Memorials, Recognition - Cocke County NJROTC - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/19/2008 |
123: SR0298 |
Memorials, Interns - Hunter Reed - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/19/2008 |
124: SR0304 |
Memorials, Recognition - Arvin Ledford - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/19/2008 |
125: SR0305 |
Memorials, Interns - Hunter D. Reed - |
Signed by S. Speaker |
05/19/2008 |
126: SR0308 |
Memorials, Government Officials - Urges specified actions to be taken relative to NPDES permit renewal in North Carolina for pulp and paper mill discharging into Pigeon River. - |
P2C, ref. to S. E,C&T Comm. |
05/20/2008 |
