Bill Number |
Composite Abstract |
Last Action |
Date |
1: SB0042 |
Lottery, Charitable - Authorizes change of location for annual events during the 2006-2007 annual event period if original location is unavailable and upon fulfillment of certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1. |
Withdrawn. |
03/21/2007 |
2: SB0043 |
Special License Plates - Authorizes issuance of Pink Ribbon new specialty earmarked license plates; allocates a portion of funds from the sale and renewal of such plates to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. |
Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 |
04/04/2007 |
3: SB0044 |
Lottery, Charitable - Subtracts value given to donated items in accounting when determining 25 percent gross proceeds threshold for charitable purposes. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1. |
Withdrawn. |
03/21/2007 |
4: SB0045 |
Annexation - Restores the right to trial by jury in quo warranto actions contesting the validity of municipal annexation. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-111. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm. |
05/22/2007 |
5: SB0073 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Redefines Tennessee HOPE foster care tuition grant awards so that award amount is reduced only by amounts received by an eligible student from scholarships and grants, and not by financial aid from loans and work-study programs. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-933. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
6: SB0456 |
Basic Education Program (BEP) - Changes calculation of BEP of each LEA from prior year average daily membership or full-time equivalent average daily membership or identified and served special education students to current year average daily membership. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-351. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/12/2007 |
7: SB0457 |
Education - Directs the office of education accountability to study periodically the school accountability system and report its findings to the general assembly; removes the duty of the office of accountability to study schools or school systems on notice or probation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6. |
Pub. Ch. 11 |
04/11/2007 |
8: SB0458 |
Safety, Dept. of - Requires department to promulgate rules governing DUI schools and provides that after January 1, 2008, DUI offender cannot be sentenced to attend a DUI school that has not been approved by the department. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 55, Chapter 10; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 68. |
Withdrawn. |
03/21/2007 |
9: SB0459 |
Bail, Bail Bonds - Allows court to grant an extension when defendant fails to appear in court instead of entering a conditional judgment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 2. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 255 |
06/01/2007 |
10: SB0460 |
Juries and Jurors - Revises various provisions of law with regard to jury service; requires supreme court to establish a "Lengthy Trial Fund" to compensate juror who serves more than five days and does not receive compensation from an employer. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1; Title 22, Chapter 2; Title 22, Chapter 3 and Title 22, Chapter 4. |
P2C, ref. to S. JUD Comm. |
02/08/2007 |
11: SB0461 |
Education - Allows volunteer school personnel with proper training to administer anti-seizure medications to a student in an emergency situation in accordance with the student's individual health plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
12: SB0597 |
Criminal Offenses - Makes retaliatory or adverse action against a student by a teacher or principal when student was not involved in the matter for which adverse action was taken a Class B misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-401. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
13: SB0598 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes limitation on receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship from 120 attempted semester hours to five years of full-time equivalent attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
14: SB0599 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes limitation on receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship from 120 semester hours attempted to 120 semester hours attempted that are funded by a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
15: SB0600 |
Dentists - Authorizes department of health to contract with the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH), or other appropriate nonprofit organization, to provide donated dental services. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/12/2007 |
16: SB0601 |
Education - Modifies the date of charter school application deadlines from October 1 to September 1. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
17: SB0602 |
Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - Enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Ethanol Production Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1 and Title 68, Chapter 135. |
Withdrawn. |
03/26/2007 |
18: SB0603 |
Environment and Conservation, Department of - Requires water quality order, action outcomes, and board rulings on contested cases be posted on the department's Web site. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Pub. Ch. 404 |
06/19/2007 |
19: SB0604 |
Water Resources - Authorizes commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work orders for activities that violate the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. E,C&T Comm. |
04/25/2007 |
20: SB0605 |
Water Pollution - Revises issuance and enforcement process for permits under Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203 and Title 69, Chapter 3. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. E,C&T Comm. |
04/25/2007 |
21: SB0606 |
Water Pollution - Specifies fees and fines for enforcement actions under Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. E,C&T Comm. |
04/25/2007 |
22: SB0607 |
Billboards - Defines "destroy" for billboard regulation purposes; increases certain fees related to the construction, erection, operation, use, or maintenance of outdoor advertising within 600 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way; revises other provisions governing billboards. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427 |
06/19/2007 |
23: SB0608 |
Motor Vehicles - Authorizes licensed motor vehicle dealers and salespersons to act as agent for another licensed motor vehicle dealer to purchase motor vehicles on the principal's behalf; requires agents to notify all principals of the names of the dealers for which the agent is acting as dealer. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
03/16/2007 |
24: SB0609 |
Motor Vehicles - Specifies, in regard to the sale of a motor vehicle to the highest bidder being one element of what constitutes an automobile auction, that such bidder must be a person in the audience. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C,L&A Comm. |
03/02/2007 |
25: SB0610 |
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Authorizes person rebuilding motor vehicle or person having motor vehicle rebuilt to apply for certificate of title instead of providing that rebuilder may apply for a certificate of title only; corrects reference from "permit to dismantle" to "salvage title." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3. |
Re-ref. to S. Cal. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
26: SB0611 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Makes changes to eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships, ASPIRE awards, HOPE access grants, and HOPE scholarships for nontraditional students; clarifies amount of award under HOPE foster child tuition grant; sets amount of HOPE scholarship for 2007-2008 at $4,000 at four-year institutions and $2,000 at two-year institutions and amount of Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant for 2007-2008 at $2,000. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 2 PNV 1 |
05/06/2008 |
27: SB0612 |
Special License Plates - Authorizes Alpha Omicron Pi sorority new specialty earmarked license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/05/2007 |
28: SB0613 |
Taxes, Real Property - Reduces, from 15 to 10 acres, minimum required to be eligible as agricultural land for greenbelt purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. |
Withdrawn. |
03/21/2007 |
29: SB0614 |
Consumer Protection - Makes advertising that the seller or lessor of a radar or laser detector or jamming device will pay the customer's motor vehicle traffic citation a violation of the Consumer Protection Act as well as a criminal offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 1 and Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1. |
Requested S. to return. |
06/11/2007 |
30: SB0615 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Permits students who have been in college less than four years, but whose HOPE scholarship has been terminated because they have attempted 120 semester hours, to retain the scholarship until they have completed four years of college. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
31: SB0616 |
Taxes, Sales - Includes school art supplies with a sales price of $100 or less per item in the items that are exempt from sales tax during the August sales tax holiday weekend. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393. |
Pub. Ch. 534 |
07/12/2007 |
32: SB0617 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes limitation on receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship from 120 semester hours attempted to 120 semester hours attempted that are funded by a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
33: SB0618 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes limitation on receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship from 120 attempted semester hours to five years of full-time equivalent attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
34: SB0619 |
Plumbers and Plumbing - Authorizes dealers of liquefied petroleum gas to perform plumbing work related to providing liquefied petroleum gas in any residential or commercial building without obtaining a plumber's license; authorizes operators to perform plumbing work related to the provision of natural or commingled gas or its applications to or within any residential, industrial, or commercial building without obtaining a plumber's license. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6, Part 4. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 136 |
05/23/2007 |
35: SB0620 |
Education - Provides for establishment of cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities; provides authority for the development of articulation agreement for college credit for certain high school courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 459 |
06/26/2007 |
36: SB0621 |
Courts, Juvenile - Makes various refinements to statutes pertaining to adoption, permanent guardianship, and other placement arrangements for children. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-102(41); Section 36-1-113; Section 36-1-115; Section 36-1-116; Section 37-1-104; Section 37-1-130; Section 37-1-132; Section 37-1-806; Section 37-2-403; Section 37-2-409 and Section 37-2-416. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 372 |
06/19/2007 |
37: SB0622 |
Courts, Juvenile - Specifies that counsel shall be available in any case involving an unruly child who is in jeopardy of being removed from the home; amends the definition of indigent person for the purpose of providing such counsel; clarifies that a child, not a party, is entitled to such counsel. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-126. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/11/2007 |
38: SB0623 |
Courts, Juvenile - Requires that the state, through the administrative office of the courts, pay for expenses for a guardian ad litem in juvenile court cases involving dependency, termination of parental rights, or delinquent or unruly children. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-150. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/11/2007 |
39: SB0624 |
Courts, Juvenile - Makes various refinements to statutes pertaining to the conduct of juvenile court proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-117; Section 37-1-124 and Section 37-1-139. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199 |
06/01/2007 |
40: SB0625 |
Education, Higher - Extends tuition waiver at public colleges and universities for dependent children of prisoners of war, MIAs, and soldiers killed during periods of armed conflict to dependent children under 24, instead of 21, years of age. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8; Title 49, Chapter 9 and Title 49, Chapter 7. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
41: SB0626 |
Education, Higher - Alters the composition of committee on post secondary educational institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
42: SB0627 |
Education, State Board of - Abolishes the BEP Review Committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
43: SB0628 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Broadens THEC's duties in researching and analyzing data concerning scholarship and grant programs to include student diversity, in addition to student success and scholarship retention. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
44: SB0629 |
Juveniles - Revises procedures applicable when certain delinquent juveniles or children ordered to complete inpatient mental health treatment program return to school; addresses notice to school officials and requirements for developing plans for the child's success and for school safety. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 314 |
06/06/2007 |
45: SB0630 |
Trusts - Enacts the "Tennessee Investment Services Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Section 35-15-505 and Section 66-1-202. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144 |
05/23/2007 |
46: SB0631 |
General Assembly - Removes the commissioner of education's statutory requirement to report to the select committee on children and youth and the select oversight committee on education concerning the model dropout prevention program. - Amends TCA Section 3-15-207. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
47: SB0632 |
General Assembly - Abolishes the select committee on children and youth. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 15, Part 2. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud. Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
48: SB0722 |
Education - Outlines the criteria for school personnel or adult volunteers to perform diabetes care tasks for students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
49: SB0723 |
Domestic Violence - Makes technical changes to domestic abuse law relative to terminology and clarifies that order can be appealed without payment of court costs by petitioner and court can modify or extend order of protection on own motion or motion of petitioner; revises provisions governing extension of order of protection. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 348 |
06/19/2007 |
50: SB0724 |
Victims' Rights - Provides for victim of a sexual assault receiving forensic medical examination without charge by means of payment from the criminal injuries compensation fund. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 40, Chapter 24 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 3. |
Pub. Ch. 511 |
06/27/2007 |
51: SB0792 |
Probation and Parole - Authorizes court to order that person sentenced to supervised probation undergo an alcohol and drug assessment, treatment, or both; assesses $100 alcohol and drug addiction treatment fee on each drug-related conviction for conduct after July 1, 2007; funding allowed only through the alcohol and drug treatment fund. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 311 |
06/06/2007 |
52: SB0807 |
Criminal Procedure - Clarifies that prosecution of juvenile commences with issuing of juvenile petition alleging delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 40. |
Pub. Ch. 4 |
04/04/2007 |
53: SB0808 |
Child Custody and Support - Makes failure of an employer to turn over income for child support withheld from an obligor within required timeframes a breach of fiduciary duty when the employer has been directed to do so by an income assignment order; provides a time in which action for breach of such fiduciary duty must be filed. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-501. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 312 |
06/06/2007 |
54: SB0809 |
Child Custody and Support - Revises various provisions governing child support regarding orders creating an inference of ability to pay, and presumption that information provided by parties has not changed unless a party has updated information. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-101. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 502 |
06/27/2007 |
55: SB1062 |
Civil Procedure - Clarifies that procedure requiring the plaintiff in libel action to notify the defendant five days before instituting the action also applies to libel actions based upon publications posted on the Internet, in addition to those actions based upon publications in a newspaper or periodical. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 24, Part 1. |
P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm. |
02/12/2007 |
56: SB1063 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Enables students who are 25 years of age or older to receive a Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant for study leading to a certificate at a board of regents' community college or technical community college; provided, that such students meet all general requirements for the grant; permits such students subsequently to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; provided, that such students meet all applicable requirements for the scholarship as nontraditional students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
57: SB1064 |
Education, Higher - Authorizes state colleges and universities to provide free Internet access campus wide. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 100 |
05/15/2007 |
58: SB1292 |
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Expands background check requirements for certain school personnel. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
59: SB1299 |
Education, Higher - Requires that the percentage increase of tuition at public higher education institutions not exceed that of the consumer price index. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/14/2008 |
60: SB1300 |
Taxes, Ad Valorem - Imposes additional reporting requirements on lessees of industrial development corporations concerning payments in lieu of taxes; requires lessees of public building authorities, sports authorities, enterprise zone development corporations, tax increment financing projects, and city and county property to make same reports to the state board of equalization. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapters 53 through 67; Title 13, Chapters 20 through 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 449 |
06/26/2007 |
61: SB1301 |
Education, State Board of - Alters the terms of state board of education members from nine years to five years. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-301. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 316 |
06/06/2007 |
62: SB1302 |
Education, Higher - Creates joint study committee for proprietary schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Pub. Ch. 542 |
07/12/2007 |
63: SB1303 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Allows students earning the Boy Scouts' Eagle Scout award or the Girl Scouts' Gold Award to be eligible for the General Assembly Merit Scholar supplemental award in lieu of meeting the GPA and SAT or ACT academic requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
01/16/2008 |
64: SB1304 |
Lottery, Charitable - Revises certain provisions of the Tennessee charitable gaming implementation law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 18 |
04/16/2007 |
65: SB1544 |
Education - Adds safety of the school, in addition to the progress or efficiency, as a factor to consider under provisions empowering a school board to suspend, dismiss, or alternatively place pupils when the progress or efficiency of the school makes it necessary or when disruptive, threatening, or violent students endanger the safety of other students or school system employees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 315 |
06/06/2007 |
66: SB1995 |
Health, Dept. of - Requires the department to provide a report to the governor and to the speakers of the general assembly by January 15, 2008, concerning the incidence, prevalence, and severity of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among females in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 4. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. GW,H&HR Comm. |
04/16/2007 |
67: SB2003 |
Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - Enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Ethanol Production Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 135. |
Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file) |
06/12/2007 |
68: SB2004 |
Food and Food Products - Requires bottled water containers manufactured in this or other states and sold here to state whether such bottles contain added fluoride; exempts bottled water not sold for human consumption from labeling requirements. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C,L&A Comm. |
04/24/2007 |
69: SB2048 |
Sexual Offenders - Requires persons who contract to provide services to LEAs or child care programs to conduct criminal background checks of employees who come in direct contact with school children or enter school grounds while children are present to ensure that such employees are not sex offenders. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-413. |
Pub. Ch. 587 |
07/12/2007 |
70: SB2049 |
Schools, Private and Charter - Requires prospective charter school population to consist of students previously enrolled in a charter school, students assigned to or previously enrolled in schools failing to make adequate yearly progress, or students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
05/09/2007 |
71: SB2050 |
Scholarships and Financial Aid - Creates the "Tennessee student assistance program account" in the state treasury for the deposit of funds appropriated for Tennessee student assistance awards; provides that earnings on the account are credited to the account and that moneys in the account do not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
03/15/2007 |
72: SB2051 |
Education, Curriculum - Removes provision that permits a course on personal finance to satisfy instruction requirement on the free enterprise system. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1205. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 303 |
06/06/2007 |
73: SB2080 |
Privacy, Confidentiality - Makes confidential certain information relating to donors of gifts to public institutions of higher education or to certain related foundations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. |
Pub. Ch. 113 |
05/15/2007 |
74: SB2164 |
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - Enacts "Smoke Free Tennessee Act of 2007"; enacts "Tennessee Tobacco Retailers Act of 2007"; revises criminal code provisions concerning tobacco products; increases tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products; imposes equity assessment on nonparticipating manufacturers; earmarks revenue for statewide health programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 55; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 19; Title 43, Chapter 1; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 50; Title 57, Chapter 5; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 1. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. FW&M Comm. |
06/11/2007 |
75: SB2560 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Establishes the Tennessee HOPE professional loan-scholarship program to enable persons 25 years of age and older who have already obtained an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree to become teachers and nurses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/14/2008 |
76: SB2561 |
Education - Requires an LEA revising its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, which was filed with the commissioner of education, to transmit the revised policy to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/14/2008 |
77: SB2562 |
Education - Requires the office of education accountability to update its statutorily required comprehensive study of Tennessee charter schools biennially. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/14/2008 |
78: SB2563 |
Civil Procedure - Provides that civil process issued by a court of general sessions must be served within 60 days from its issuance, instead of "within the time required by law." - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 9. |
Pub. Ch. 608 |
03/10/2008 |
79: SB2564 |
Child Abuse - Extends the Class E felony offense of making false and malicious reports of child sexual abuse to include false and malicious reports of physical abuse against children. - Amends TCA Section 39-1-413. |
Withdrawn. |
01/14/2008 |
80: SB2565 |
Special License Plates - Authorizes issuance of new specialty earmarked plates to raise public awareness about autism; allocates 50 percent of funds derived from sale of such plates to Autism Society of America, East Tennessee Chapter. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
02/28/2008 |
81: SB2566 |
Education - Requires the commission on civic education to give annual reports to the speaker of the house and speaker of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
05/07/2008 |
82: SB2594 |
Sexual Offenders - Requires sexual offenders to supply the TBI with information concerning electronic mail address information and to notify the offender's registering agency within 30 minutes of changing any such information. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. |
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
05/07/2008 |
83: SB2620 |
Child Abuse - Extends the Class E felony offense of making false and malicious reports of child sexual abuse to include false and malicious reports of physical abuse against children. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-413. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
01/30/2008 |
84: SB2639 |
Taxes, Real Property - Increases the income eligibility limit for disabled homeowners' property tax relief from $20,000 to $24,000. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 30; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 61; Title 62; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/14/2008 |
85: SB2798 |
Education - Allows volunteer school personnel with proper training to administer anti-seizure medications to a student in an emergency situation in accordance with the student's individual health plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. |
S. adopted am.(Amendment 4 of 0 - SA1384) |
05/08/2008 |
86: SB2799 |
Basic Education Program (BEP) - Specifies that no local government may use state BEP funds to reduce local operating funds or reduce local taxes. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
Rec. For Pass. ref. to: S. FW&M Comm. |
04/22/2008 |
87: SB2804 |
Education - Permits the department of education, subject to appropriations, to establish a program of grants to LEAs for the development and implementation of differentiated pay plans to aid in staffing hard to staff subject areas and schools and in hiring and retaining highly qualified teachers. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-306. |
Rec. For Pass. ref. to: S. FW&M Comm. |
01/30/2008 |
88: SB2805 |
Education, Higher - Requires THEC to report annually to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives specifically with respect to its duties under the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act. - Amends TCA Title 49. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/17/2008 |
89: SB2806 |
Criminal Offenses - Enacts the "Crime-Free School Zone Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm. |
02/05/2008 |
90: SB2807 |
Contractors - Clarifies that subcontractors are responsible for obtaining criminal background checks on all employees who go on school grounds and that the requirement does not impose a new cause of action or create a new duty of care, or additional liability against persons required to obtain the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4. |
S. adopted am.(Amendment 5 of 0 - SA1483) |
05/08/2008 |
91: SB2808 |
Lottery, Corporation - Requires CEO of the lottery corporation to report quarterly to the commissioner of finance and administration the amount of prize money that became unclaimed prize money in the preceding quarter. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1. |
Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file) |
04/29/2008 |
92: SB2809 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Creates the "lottery for education after school programs grant fund" administered by the department of education for deposit of excess lottery funds for after school programs and technical assistance; provided, that lottery-funded postsecondary financial assistance programs are fully funded; requires after school program grants to be three-year grants. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 7. |
Rec. for pass. w/ am., ref. to S. Cal. Comm. Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 |
05/06/2008 |
93: SB3230 |
Schools, Private and Charter - Requires the state board of education to promulgate rules with respect to the administration of the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Chapter 850 of the Public Acts of 2002. |
Withdrawn. |
02/13/2008 |
94: SB3231 |
Guardianship - Provides that court may administer estate for minor or disabled person without being appointed a fiduciary if amount of minor's total property or any judgment in favor of minor does not exceed $20,000 rather than $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1, Part 1. |
Re-ref. to S. Cal. Comm. |
02/11/2008 |
95: SB3232 |
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Prohibits adverse job actions against teachers by an LEA for refusing to participate in or to remain silent about illegal activities. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 50. |
Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file) |
04/29/2008 |
96: SB3233 |
Education - Permits the creation of work experience and career employment programs that provide study and employment in career and technical education programs for students 14 years of age or older; provided, that such programs comply with state and federal law on employment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 50. |
Comp. HB Subst (sends SB to dead bill file) |
04/29/2008 |
97: SB3234 |
Health, Dept. of - Authorizes the department to contract with the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH), or other appropriate nonprofit organization, to provide donated dental services. - Amends TCA Title 68. |
Rec. For Pass. ref. to: S. FW&M Comm. |
04/02/2008 |
98: SB3235 |
Billboards - Eliminates the 18-month period of time in which certain permits may be issued for outdoor advertising in particular locations. - Amends TCA Section 54-21-116. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of Trans. comm |
03/18/2008 |
99: SB3236 |
Victims' Rights - Authorizes use of district attorney's fraud and economic crime funds to provide compensation to victims of cemetery plot fraud. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 3, Part 2. |
Action Def. in S. FW&M Comm. to 5/13/2008 |
05/06/2008 |
100: SB3260 |
Local Education Agency - Authorizes LEAs to waive the duty of integrating into its elementary and secondary curriculum a minimum of 90 minutes of physical activity if deemed necessary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
101: SB3440 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Expands definition of eligible independent postsecondary institution for lottery scholarship purposes to include regionally accredited schools with primary campus domiciled in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
04/24/2008 |
102: SB3441 |
Trusts - Allows actions to avoid qualified disposition in an investment services trust by a person to whom the transferor is indebted because of an agreement or past due child support order, but only to the extent of such debt. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 16. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm. |
04/01/2008 |
103: SB3620 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires THEC and TSAC to study and make recommendations concerning the termination of HOPE scholarships with respect to students in degree programs required to be more than 136 semester hours in length. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
104: SB3660 |
Civil Procedure - Specifies that if an appellate court declares a disaster pursuant to applicable court rules, then all statutes of limitation and repose will be extended by the same number of days that the applicable filing deadlines are extended; deadlines to be extended only in county in which diaster is declared. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 1. |
Pub. Ch. 725 |
05/08/2008 |
105: SB3694 |
Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Increases state portion of insurance premiums for active and retired teachers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
106: SB3695 |
Schools, Private and Charter - Defines "at-risk student" for charter school purposes as a student eligible for free or reduced price lunch. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
107: SB3750 |
Education - Creates pilot program to allow high school students to take health provider-related classes for college credit. - |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
01/23/2008 |
108: SB3978 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Mandates reduction of amount of Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grant only for gift aid received; permits Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grant to be used for room and board as well as tuition and fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm. |
04/22/2008 |
109: SB3979 |
Professions and Occupations - Requires legal challenges to municipal and county ordinances, penalties, service charges, or fines imposed on alarm systems contractors to be brought in chancery court of Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm. |
04/01/2008 |
110: SB3980 |
Domestic Violence - Makes consistent the definition of "domestic abuse victim" for purposes of orders of protection and domestic assault. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1. |
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744 |
05/08/2008 |
111: SB4017 |
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - Authorizes secretary of state to set fee for filing of certain liens on motor vehicles; requires house and senate transportation committees to prepare reports on the filing of certain motor vehicle liens with the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 55. |
Assigned to Gen. Sub of Trans. Comm |
03/18/2008 |
112: SB4018 |
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Permits students who meet all nonacademic eligibility requirements as entering freshmen, but not the high school academic eligibility requirements, to become eligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship by entering college, continuing to meet all nonacademic requirements, and making the dean's list at the eligible postsecondary institution at which the student is enrolled full time. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. |
P2C, ref. to S. Ed. Comm. |
02/04/2008 |
113: SB4073 |
Schools, Private and Charter - Removes sunset provision repealing creation of new public charter schools on July 1, 2008; and allows students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch to be enrolled in a public charter school to fill any openings for the following academic year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Chapter 850 of the Public Acts of 2002. |
Re-ref. to S. Cal. Comm. |
04/24/2008 |
114: SJR0079 |
General Assembly, Directed Studies - Creates a special joint committee to study proprietary and career colleges relative to their creation, operation, and regulation. - |
P2C, ref. to S. Delayed Bills Comm. |
02/21/2007 |
115: SJR0080 |
Memorials, Recognition - David L. Eubanks - |
Signed by Governor. |
02/16/2007 |
116: SJR0119 |
Memorials, Recognition - George Barnes, Jr. - |
Signed by Governor. |
03/08/2007 |
117: SJR0369 |
Memorials, Recognition - Elisa Luna, Principal of Inskip Elementary - |
Signed by Governor. |
05/16/2007 |
118: SJR0518 |
Memorials, Interns - Lorne Edward Shelton - |
Signed by Governor. |
06/13/2007 |
119: SJR0519 |
Memorials, Interns - Jacob Allen Glancy - |
Signed by Governor. |
06/13/2007 |
120: SJR0558 |
Memorials, Retirement - Robert Koppel - |
Signed by Governor. |
06/19/2007 |
121: SJR0566 |
Memorials, Retirement - James K. Pruitt - |
Signed by Governor. |
06/20/2007 |
122: SJR0569 |
Highway Signs - "James C. Ford Memorial Bridge," renames South Knoxville Bridge over Cumberland River on James White Parkway in Knox County - |
Re-ref. to S. Cal. Comm. |
06/12/2007 |
123: SJR0594 |
General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs education oversight committee to study required background checks and other conditions of employment in Tennessee public schools. - |
Placed on s/c cal Budget of FW&M for 05/14/2008 |
05/07/2008 |
124: SJR0660 |
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Erbie Lee Steiner Tegland, 100th birthday - |
Signed by Governor. |
02/20/2008 |
125: SJR0711 |
Memorials, Death - Ronald D. McMahan - |
Concurred, Ayes 96, Nays 0 |
03/03/2008 |
