Bill Number

Composite Abstract

Last Action

Date

1: SB0177

Constitutional Conventions - Proposes a limited constitutional convention on Article II, Sections 24 and 28, to consider establishment of a Tennessee taxpayer bill of rights in order to restrain growth of state revenue collections and expenditures. -

P2C, ref. to S. Jud. Comm.

02/07/2007

2: SB0178

Budget Procedures - Requires general appropriations act to first fund education and then remaining functions of state government. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm.

02/27/2007

3: SB0179

Taxes, Excise - Allows credit against excise tax in amount equal to 15 percent of taxpayer's expenditures in state for research and experimental purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Tax Sub Comm.

05/09/2007

4: SB0180

Budget Procedures - Requires K-12 education and higher education funding to be passed by the house of representatives and the senate prior to consideration of general appropriations bill for funding remainder of state government. - Amends TCA Title 9.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. FW&M Comm.

05/15/2007

5: SB0181

Taxes, Privilege - Reduces occupational privilege tax from $400 to $200 annually for persons engaged part-time in taxable occupation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm.

06/11/2007

6: SB0182

Children - Expands the Children's Act for Clean Indoor Air to prohibt smoking in restaurants; allows adult employees and patrons to smoke in designated smoking areas to which children do not have access. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 16.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

7: SB0183

Education - Allocates, in Shelby County, funds from bond issues for capital expenditures to school district in which facility to be funded is located. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed Comm.

03/17/2008

8: SB0184

Open Meetings - Changes exemption from audit requirement for certain associations and corporations that are exempt from open records law. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm.

02/07/2007

9: SB0185

Firearms and Ammunition - Increases penalties for unlawful possession of firearm, possessing firearm during commission of felony, and employing firearm during commission of felony; makes such sentences nonprobateable and served consecutively; creates offense of shooting firearm from vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Action def. in S. Jud. Comm. to 3-12-07

02/21/2007

10: SB0186

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - Allows cities, counties, and counties having a metropolitan form of government to enact legislation by ordinance banning smoking in public buildings owned or operated by the political subdivision and restaurants within their legal jurisdiction; continues state preemption for any establishment where 40 percent or less of their annual revenue is derived from food sales. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

11: SB0187

Criminal Procedure - Expands presumption of reasonableness regarding use of force to protect self or others to dwellings other than residence and vehicles and expressly provides that person is immune from criminal prosecution or civil liability for justified use of self-defense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

Re-ref. to S. Cal. Comm.

05/03/2007

12: SB0188

Adoption - Clarifies that no court, including an appellate court, has jurisdiction to overturn an order terminating parental rights more than one year after the date that the order was filed by the trial court. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

13: SB0189

Guardianship - Removes social security numbers from the public portion of records of guardianships and conservatorships; authorizes the court to release the social security number to a third party upon good cause shown and upon such conditions as the court may deem appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 34.

Pub. Ch. 26

04/20/2007

14: SB0199

Taxes, Sales - Restores deduction for in-state dealer's accounting costs limited to $50.00 per report. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 5.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M.

03/13/2007

15: SB0427

Motor Vehicles - Specifies that the commissioner of commerce and insurance may revoke or suspend a certificate of authorization granted to an automobile club or association "after notice and hearing pursuant to the UAPA" instead of "upon a hearing conducted after not less than 20 days' written notice, such action to be reviewable by common law certiorari in the chancery court of Davidson County." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 18.

P2C, ref. to S. JUD Comm.

02/08/2007

16: SB0428

Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - Extends waiting period for irreconcilable differences divorce from 90 to 180 days where parties have minor children under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

17: SB0429

Criminal Offenses - Expands and clarifies the offense of trespass on or unlawful entry in an airport or aircraft or secure areas of the air operations areas. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-109.

Pub. Ch. 509

06/27/2007

18: SB0430

Budget Procedures - Requires General Appropriations Act to first fund education and then remaining functions of state government. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm.

02/27/2007

19: SB0431

Taxes, Income - Increases the Hall income tax exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older from $16,200 to $36,000 of income from all sources for single filers and from $27,000 to $60,000 of income from all sources for taxpayers filing jointly. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm.

06/11/2007

20: SB0432

Alcoholic Beverages - Authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of the Whisperwood Farm Bed and Breakfast located in Cocke County. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

Withdrawn.

03/29/2007

21: SB0462

School Districts, Special - Allows any local education agency to convert to a special school district, notwithstanding the prohibition of the creation of new special school districts after April 30, 1982. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-501.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed Comm.

03/17/2008

22: SB0463

Taxes, Sales - Exempts hybrid vehicles from the state sales tax until June 30, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M.

03/13/2007

23: SB0464

Codes - Updates electric safety code, from 2001 version to 2006 version, for electric-supply stations and lines. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 101.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 89

05/15/2007

24: SB0465

Firearms and Ammunition - Prohibits governor from commandeering firearms or suspending sale of ammunition during state of emergency; prohibits state, public officials, and local governments from imposing additional restrictions on firearms and ammunition during state of emergency or disaster. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. JUD Comm.

02/08/2007

25: SB0703

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - Requires cabarets to be licensed by the commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, for the purpose of adding a new part 4 to authorize the issuance of cabaret licenses and to levy taxes on the privilege of holding a cabaret license, and to amend Title 57, Chapter 5, Parts 1 and 2, and Sections 57-4-101, 57-4-102, 57-4-201(b)(1), 57-4-201(d)(2) and (6), 57-4-204, 7-51-1104, and 7-51-1406.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

26: SB0704

Tort Liability and Reform - Clarifies that in any tort action defendant shall only be severally liable for the percentage of damages for which fault is attributed to such defendant by the trier of fact, and no defendant shall be held jointly liable for any damages. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 11.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

27: SB0705

Education - Enacts the "Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act of 2007." - Amends amend TCA.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.

03/15/2007

28: SB0706

Tort Liability and Reform - Provides business owners are not liable for injuries to an invitee that were proximately caused by a criminal act committed by a third party. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

29: SB0707

Eminent Domain - Rewrites provisions regarding the procedures and use of eminent domain. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 43; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud. Comm.

02/12/2007

30: SB0708

Criminal Offenses - Makes disqualification from office for conviction of bribery in another state or under federal law retroactive. - Amends TCA Section 39-16-103.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.

05/01/2007

31: SB0709

Ethics - Allows members of the ethics commission to hold or qualify for judicial office with no waiting period. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-103.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm.

04/03/2007

32: SB0710

Garnishments and Executions - Exempts Archer Medical Savings Account and Health Savings Accounts, authorized under federal law, from execution and garnishment. - Amends TCA Title 26.

Pub. Ch. 176

05/23/2007

33: SB0711

Courts, General Sessions - Allows counties to increase the authorized litigation tax above $6.00 if such amount is not sufficient to fund the judges' salaries and any supplements and annual adjustments. - Amends TCA Section 16-15-5006.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

34: SB0712

Employees, Employers - Requires employers to report to department of human services certain identifying information regarding employment of subcontractors and independent contractors. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 11.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

02/21/2007

35: SB0713

Unemployment Compensation - Authorizes employer or employee to request an appeal hearing before board of review; parties are to be given notice of when appeal will be heard; parties can present new evidence at such appeal. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 3.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

03/02/2007

36: SB0714

Firearms and Ammunition - Authorizes person with a handgun permit who is not consuming alcohol to carry handgun in building where beer or alcoholic beverages are being served subject to posting of property provisions, and adds violation of possessing a firearm where alcohol is served as a reason for revocation of a person's handgun permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Withdrawn.

02/06/2008

37: SB0715

Firearms and Ammunition - Rewrites offense of possessing deadly weapon during course of offense to limit to firearms and explosive weapons and to certain enumerated offenses and removes requirement that person intends to employ it. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

38: SB0716

Sexual Offenders - Provides that a person who enters a plea of nolo contendere to a sexual offense in another state, another jurisdiction, or another country must register as a sexual offender if such person moves to this state. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

39: SB0717

Sexual Offenders - Increases minimum punishments for first and repeat non-technical violations of the "Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. FW&M Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

03/18/2008

40: SB0718

Dentists - Revises continuing education requirements for dentists and dental hygienists to reduce the minimum number of annual hours required from 15 to 12, to reduce the minimum number of biennial hours required from 30 to 24, and to change from January 1, 2003, to January 3, 2003, the date by which the continuing education requirements were to become biennial instead of annual; subjects registered dental assistants to continuing education requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

Pub. Ch. 340

06/19/2007

41: SB0719

Election Laws - Prohibits person from holding more than one elected local public office; prohibits candidate from qualifying for more than one elected local public office. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-101 and Title 8, Chapter 18.

Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file)

02/21/2008

42: SB1252

Medicine, Practice of - Removes the terms "anesthesiologists" and "radiologists" from the section that defines the practice of medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Transmitted to Gov. for action.

05/05/2008

43: SB1312

Criminal Offenses - Increases from Class B to Class A misdemeanor the punishment for the offense of illegal possession or fraudulent use of a credit or debit card. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-118.

Signed by Governor.

05/01/2008

44: SB1313

Eminent Domain - Clarifies that no municipality shall exercise its powers of eminent domain to condemn unincorporated territory that is located outside the municipality's urban growth boundaries that in any manner would violate the comprehensive growth plan. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

45: SB1314

Municipal Government - Clarifies that no municipality shall exercise its powers of eminent domain to condemn unincorporated territory that is located outside the municipality's urban growth boundaries that in any manner would violate the comprehensive growth plan. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud. Comm.

02/12/2007

46: SB1315

Dentists - Revises continuing education requirements for dentists and dental hygienists to reduce the minimum number of annual hours required from 15 to 12, to reduce the minimum number of biannual hours required from 30 to 24, and to change from January 1, 2003, to January 3, 2003, the date by which the continuing education requirements were to become biannual instead of annual; subjects registered dental hygienists to continuing education requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm.

03/21/2007

47: SB1316

Privacy, Confidentiality - Authorizes consumers to put a freeze on their consumer credit reports. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

03/02/2007

48: SB1317

Health Care - Includes persons who need psychiatric care in definition of "patient" for purposes of regulations affecting health facilities. - Amends TCA Title 68.

P2C, ref. to S. GW,H&HR Comm.

02/12/2007

49: SB1318

Health Care - Defines "authorized person" for purposes of “Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act.” - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. GW,H&HR Comm.

02/12/2007

50: SB1319

Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires assignment of health care benefits to provider for all health insurance plans that cover health care rendered by a provider. - Amends TCA Title 56.

Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

05/08/2007

51: SB1320

TennCare - Requires TennCare recipients to notify state of potential third party liability for health care costs paid by TennCare before filing a lawsuit to recover such costs. - Amends TCA Title 71.

P2C, ref. to S. GW,H&HR Comm.

02/12/2007

52: SB1321

Chiropractors - Requires one of the two citizen members of the board of chiropractic examiners to have at least five years' experience as a physician or acupuncturist. - Amends TCA Title 63.

P2C, ref. to S. GW,H&HR Comm.

02/12/2007

53: SB1322

Criminal Procedure - Defines "crime of force or violence"; provides that punishment for crime of force or violence committed while acting in concert with two or more persons is increased by one classification. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. FW&M Comm.

06/11/2007

54: SB1323

Contractors - Authorizes state board for licensing contractors to establish continuing education requirements for general contractors who apply for renewal of certificate of license for construction classification. - Amends TCA Section 62-6-116.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

03/02/2007

55: SB1324

Criminal Offenses - Broadens the offense of indecent exposure to include a person confined to a penal institution who exposes his or her genitals or buttocks or engages in sexual conduct for the purpose of harassing a correctional officer or guard. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 209

06/01/2007

56: SB1496

Housing - Allows municipalities, associations, nonprofit corporations, and certain individuals to bring a civil action to enforce building, safety, sanitation, and related codes and ordinances related to housing; allows any building that is found to be in violation of such ordinances three or more times within 12 months to be declared a public nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6 and Title 29, Chapter 3.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/12/2007

57: SB1509

Liability, Tort - Extends limited liability to all healthcare research institutions, and employees thereof, for injuries caused in the development, testing, or administration of certain vaccines except in cases of willful misconduct resulting in death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68.

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 43

04/27/2007

58: SB1616

Welfare - Requires verification of immigration status for state benefits; requires state agencies to report illegal immigrants to federal authorities. - Amends amend TCA Title 4.

Action Def. in S.GW,H&HR Comm. to 5/16/2007

05/09/2007

59: SB1935

Nuisances - Authorizes courts to enjoin continuation of public nuisances before notice and hearing is afforded defendant under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 29.

Pub. Ch. 331

06/19/2007

60: SB1976

Annexation - Requires a referendum for certain purposes be held for a vote of property owners of areas proposed for annexation by a municipality located in a county where an annexation reserve agreement satisfies the requirements of the growth plan. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm.

02/21/2007

61: SB1977

Wine, Wineries - Creates wine direct shipper license to be issued through the alcoholic beverage commission that would allow an in-state or out-of-state entity to ship wine directly to consumers age 21 years or older in this state for personal use. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.

Placed on S. S&L Govt. Comm. cal. for 03/25/2008

03/19/2008

62: SB1978

Contractors - Allows the board for licensing contractors to establish continuing education requirements for the commercial building classification. - Amends TCA Section 62-6-116.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

03/02/2007

63: SB1979

Codes - Allows an educational building to begin being constructed if approved by a local government that does certain self-enforcement of building codes while awaiting final approval of the educational building plans from the state fire marshal. - Amends TCA Section 68-120-101.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm.

04/24/2007

64: SB1980

Employees, Employers - Prohibits local governments from requiring private employer to pay its employees any wage not required to be paid to such employee under state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm.

03/02/2007

65: SB1981

Courts, General Sessions - Authorizes division of general sessions court of Shelby County with environmental jurisdiction to employ a referee to assist in the hearing of certain cases, subject to approval by local legislative body; authorization effective until December 10, 2010, unless reauthorized by county legislative body by September 1, 2010; requires reauthorization every 10 years thereafter by local legislative body. - Amends TCA Chapter 426 of the Public Acts of 1991.

Pub. Ch. 550

07/12/2007

66: SB1982

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - Revises requirements for persons applying for an insurance producer license. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 1.

Pub. Ch. 228

06/01/2007

67: SB1983

Criminal Procedure - Provides that person charged with criminally negligent homicide or reckless homicide is not eligible for pretrial diversion by defining the offenses as Class C felonies. - Amends TCA Title 40.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/21/2007

68: SB2279

Sexual Offenders - Requires sexual offenders to provide their Internet account information to the sexual offender registry and includes that information as part of the public registry. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

02/26/2007

69: SB2280

Tort Liability and Reform - Limits tort liability of certain 501(c)(3) corporations to $25,000 if tort was committed in course of any activity carried on to accomplish the charitable purposes of such corporation. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 48.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.

05/01/2007

70: SB2359

Bartlett - Subject to local approval, institutes an animal control program in City of Bartlett. -

Comp. became Pr. Ch. 47

06/19/2007

71: SB2894

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - Requires a funeral establishment to store or make arrangements to store in a cold storage vault a dead human body received by the funeral establishment for burial until shortly before the funeral service and burial of the body is scheduled to occur in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

01/23/2008

72: SB2895

Law Enforcement - Requires local law enforcement to begin an investigation within 12 hours of receiving a report of an alleged violation by a funeral director of abuse of a corpse or concerning the handling, custody, care, or transportation of dead human bodies. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-312 and Title 62, Chapter 5.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

73: SB2896

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - Requires funeral directors to disclose to the purchaser of a funeral service that it is a violation of the law for a funeral establishment to refuse to surrender the custody of a dead human body to the person legally entitled to custody; removes exemption from continuing education requirements if disciplinary action is taken against a licensee by the board. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

01/23/2008

74: SB2897

Criminal Offenses - Enhances the penalty for abuse of corpse from a Class E felony to a Class C felony when the person caused the death of the person whose corpse was mistreated; adds enhancement factor by which a defendant's sentence can be increased within the appropriate range, that a defendant is convicted of second degree murder and the defendant knowingly mutilated the body of the victim after death. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

75: SB2898

Arson - Increases the penalty for the offense of arson from a Class C to a Class B felony and sets a minimum period of incarceration for arson of a place of worship at eight years and aggravated arson at 15 years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

76: SB2899

Victims' Rights - Requires victims of violent crime, involving death of a family member or serious bodily injury, be informed of plea bargaining discussions and agreements prior to the entry of any plea agreement; requires a 48-hour waiting period between the time such victims are notified of a plea agreement and the entry of a plea agreement and between the time victims are notified of the final disposition of a case and the actual disposition of a case. - Amends TCA Title 40.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

77: SB2900

Cemeteries - Makes trustees of cemetery companies personally liable, in addition to being jointly liable, if perpetual care trust funds are insufficient to fund such care; requires the cemetery company to disclose to a purchaser of the right to record a copy of the proof of ownership of a burial plot with the register of deeds. - Amends TCA Title 46.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

01/23/2008

78: SB2901

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - Requires all health insurance plans that cover health care rendered by a medical provider to allow assignment of health care benefits to provider. - Amends TCA Title 56.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A comm

02/05/2008

79: SB2902

Workers Compensation - Authorizes commissioner of commerce and insurance to provide by rule for alternative system of securing self-insured employers' aggregate liabilities through self-insurers security fund. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-405.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of C,L&A comm

01/29/2008

80: SB2903

General Assembly - Establishes criteria to be reviewed by the fiscal review committee and the government operations committees on all proposals concerning the licensure or certification of business professions or occupations seeking licensure or certification by the state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2 and Title 4, Chapter 5.

Failed In S. S&L Govt. Comm. Ayes 4, Nays 2 PNV 1

04/15/2008

81: SB2904

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Removes requirement that a home medical equipment provider be accredited by the joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-226.

P2C, ref. to S.GW,H&HR Comm.

01/23/2008

82: SB2905

Ethics - Requires, under certain circumstances, the ethics commission or the registry of campaign finance to conduct an investigation if testimony is presented in a court of law to the effect that certain violations occurred. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-206 and Section 3-6-201.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm.

03/04/2008

83: SB2906

Finance and Administration, Dept. of - Requires compilation of an omnibus list of state programs by June 30, 2008. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of St&L Comm

04/02/2008

84: SB2926

Probate Law - Includes language in form notice to creditors that states claims against an estate must be filed within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent's date of death. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2, Part 3.

Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file)

04/21/2008

85: SB2927

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Authorizes state higher education employee participating in an optional retirement program to elect to receive a cash withdrawal of such employee's entire accumulated account, instead of only 50 percent of such account, if permitted by the relevant optional retirement company. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 35, Part 4.

P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm.

01/23/2008

86: SB2928

Firearms and Ammunition - Provides that owner of public or private property cannot, by posting, prohibit lawful possession of firearms on that property unless specific statutory prohibition, a correctional facility, or prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

87: SB2929

Tort Liability and Reform - Replaces the term "medical malpractice" with "health care liability action" and revises provisions concerning damages, expert testimony, attorney fees, and other matters in such actions. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

88: SB2930

Zoning - Allows license holder to appeal decision of adult-oriented establishment board to court of record within 10 days of affirmation of suspension, revocation, or annulment of license. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 11.

Placed on Sen. Regular Calendar (1) cal. for 05/07/2008

05/02/2008

89: SB2933

School Boards - Authorizes LEAs to implement random drug testing policy for all students who participate in voluntary extracurricular activities and directs state board to devise model policy for such testing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42.

P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm.

01/23/2008

90: SB2934

Special License Plates - Authorizes National Rifle Association new specialty earmarked license plates; and allocates 50 percent of funds derived from sale and renewal of such plates to TWRA for hunter education. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

02/14/2008

91: SB2935

Property - Enacts the "Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 66.

Signed by Governor.

04/21/2008

92: SB3162

Sexual Offenders - Provides that person convicted of sexual offense or violent sexual offense is not eligible for work release whether housed in the department of correction, a local facility, or a private prison. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Transmitted to Gov. for action.

05/05/2008

93: SB3163

Election Laws - Clarifies the time a conviction of a felony is effective that renders a person infamous. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40, Chapter 20, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

94: SB3164

Insurance, Health, Accident - Requires notice of prosthetic device coverage in insurance contracts. - Amends TCA Title 56.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

01/23/2008

95: SB3165

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - Requires candidates for local public office and political campaign committees in local elections in any county having a population in excess of 250,000 to file contribution and expense statements with the registry of election finance instead of with the local election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm.

03/04/2008

96: SB3166

Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - Requires divorce proceedings involving minor children to be finalized within two years of filing complaint. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

97: SB3181

Telecommunications - Requires municipally or cooperatively owned utilities to provide access for pole attachments to poles and conduit located in public rights of way. - Amends TCA Section 65-21-105.

P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm.

01/23/2008

98: SB3182

County Officers - Removes provision whereby 52 percent of the 5 percent commission clerks receive for collecting and reporting real estate transfers must be remitted to the state. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

Rec. for pass; ref to FW&M Comm.

04/04/2008

99: SB3252

Codes - Creates a statewide board of building appeals. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 120, Part 4.

Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

05/06/2008

100: SB3253

Alcoholic Beverages - Establishes licensing of bars and exempts bars from smoking prohibition; eliminates exemption for age-restricted venues. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 18; Title 57, Chapter 1 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

01/23/2008

101: SB3254

Public Contracts - Exempts contracts for construction management agent and/or advisor services from competitive bidding process for local governments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm.

01/23/2008

102: SB3255

Banks and Financial Institutions - Authorizes financial institutions to file with the appropriate court a notice of refusal to comply with a subpoena for financial information. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 10.

Signed by Governor.

04/22/2008

103: SB3289

Child Custody and Support - Prohibits a court from ordering either parent to pay child support to the other parent if both parents have been awarded and are going to be exercising a substantially equal amount of parenting time with the child or children of the marriage. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 1.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

104: SB3290

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - Clarifies that age-restricted venue exception to no smoking law applies only to patrons entering such facilities and not employees. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 18.

Sponsor(s) Added.

03/03/2008

105: SB3291

Education, Higher - Requires public postsecondary institution to rebate to a student, graduating within five years of entering a public postsecondary institution, the difference between the tuition the student paid and the tuition and fees the student would have paid if the tuition and fee rates in effect during the student's freshman year had been in effect throughout the student's postsecondary enrollment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm.

01/23/2008

106: SB3292

Military - Requires the governor to proclaim a day of mourning and to fly the state flag at half-staff over the state capitol whenever a Tennessee member of the armed services is killed in action or dies from combat-related wounds; the flag will be delivered to the deceased member's family. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm.

03/11/2008

107: SB3293

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - Exempts from sales and use taxes any motor vehicle 10 or more years old and selling for $10,000 dollars or less. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M.

03/11/2008

108: SB3294

Motor Vehicles - Requires persons convicted of certain motor vehicle offenses to complete a four-hour driver improvement course in addition to any other penalty imposed. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of Gov. Ops. Comm

03/31/2008

109: SB3295

DUI/DWI Offenses - Requires person convicted of first offense DUI to pay any fine and complete any period of confinement and litter removal within four months of sentencing. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/23/2008

110: SB3296

Criminal Procedure - Allows court and board of probation and parole to order certain Internet access conditions for sex offenders; creates Class E felony for failure to comply with ordered Internet access conditions. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.

03/18/2008

111: SB3297

Handicapped Persons - Revises qualifications to receive a handicapped parking tag or placard to include persons with "vision of not less than 20/200 with corrective glasses in both functioning eyes" instead of persons with "vision of not more than 20/200 with correcting glasses". - Amends TCA Section 55-21-102.

Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file)

04/10/2008

112: SB3298

Motor Vehicles - Requires motor vehicles in funeral procession to use emergency flashers. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-183.

P2C, ref. to S. Trans Comm.

01/23/2008

113: SB3299

Law Enforcement - Requires POST commission to establish by rule how this state will implement the federal "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004," relative to the carrying of firearms by qualified and retired law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm.

04/08/2008

114: SB3742

Public Records - Allows commissioner of finance and administration, or his designee, to enter into an agreement between the state of Tennessee and an Internet search-engine provider to allow state agency Web sites and electronic records to show up in search-engine queries. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 12, Chapter 4.

P2C, ref. to S. S&L Govt. Comm.

01/23/2008

115: SB3809

Telecommunications - Authorizes pole attachments at just and reasonable rates to municipally owned utilities' and rural cooperatively-owned utilities' poles by telecommunications service providers and cable operators. - Amends TCA Section 65-21-105.

Placed on S. S&L Govt. Comm. cal. for 03/25/2008

03/19/2008

116: SB3849

Sentencing - Increases the mandatory minimum sentence for commission of a dangerous felony while in possession of or employing a firearm and for possessing or employing a firearm with a prior conviction for a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/30/2008

117: SB3908

Tort Liability and Reform - Specifies that a law enforcement officer's lawful pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of any law or ordinance when such violator flees from such pursuit is not a negligent act. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-108.

P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

01/31/2008

118: SB3909

Criminal Offenses - Requires persons convicted of aggravated robbery or especially aggravated robbery to serve 100 percent of their sentence; prohibits such persons from being eligible for pretrial diversion, probation, or release eligibility date. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. FW&M Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

04/17/2008

119: SB3910

Adoption - Prohibits any individual who is cohabitating in a sexual relationship outside of a marriage that is valid under the constitution and laws of this state from adopting a minor. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm.

05/02/2008

120: SB3988

Alcoholic Beverages - Removes the requirement in present law that for the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on a paddlewheel steamboat, the vessel must provide overnight accommodations to its passengers. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.

Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file)

04/10/2008

121: SB4006

Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - Requires that expenses of an examination charged by the department to an insurance company will be a credit against the company's premium taxes. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 4.

P2C, ref. to S. C,L&A Comm.

02/04/2008

122: SB4007

Driver Education - Authorizes driver education providers to offer four- or eight-hour driver improvement courses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans Comm.

03/26/2008

123: SB4008