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Chapter Number Subject Abstract Bill Number
0801 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, revises certain provisions of present law regarding suspension of teachers. HB2237
0802 Home Improvement Contractors As enacted, includes as an element of the offense of theft by a home improvement contractor failure to provide a current address to the residential owner until the work to be performed under the contract is completed; changes the requirements for establishing a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act against a home improvement services provider to enter into a contract for home improvement services without making certain disclosures. HB2281
0803 Military As enacted, clarifies that when persons are engaged in national guard active duties no private employment benefits may be curtailed or made ineligible due to such duties; specifies members to whom act applies and benefits to which act applies. HB2295
0804 Motor Vehicles As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to develop and assist in the implementation of the "yellow dot" motor vehicle medical information program. HB2296
0805 Highway Signs As enacted, designates the segment of State Route 386, known as Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, that runs from the Sumner County line to Long Hollow Pike for the placement of signs on such highway denoting fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War. HB2329
0806 TennCare As enacted, revises various provisions of the Medicaid False Claims Act. HB2378
0807 Guardianship As enacted, authorizes a senior psychological examiner to provide an examination and sworn report to a court concerning conservatorship. HB2456
0808 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the board of ground water management, June 30, 2015; requires board to adopt certain conflict of interest policy. HB2505
0809 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the Tennessee arts commission, June 30, 2017. HB2544
0810 Business and Commerce As enacted, enacts the "Small Business Incentive Act." HB2612
0811 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, specifies that all records containing the results of individual teacher evaluations administered pursuant to the policies, guidelines, and criteria adopted by the state board of education would be treated as confidential and would not be open to the public; specifies that the LEA, public charter school, state board of education, or department of education may access and utilize such records as required to fulfill their lawful functions. SB1447
0812 Controlled Substances As enacted, rewrites the provisions governing the scheduling of controlled substances. SB2230
0813 Safety, Dept. of As enacted, authorizes department to enter into partnership agreements with nonprofit organizations to promote and support the goals and objectives of the agency. SB2237
0814 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends board of nursing, 2014; revises certain provisions governing board members and appointments. SB2313
0815 Telecommunications As enacted, enacts the "Kelsey Smith Act" to require wireless telecommunications service providers to provide geographic information concerning the location of a service user's wireless device to agency responding to call in an emergency situation that that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm. SB2413
0816 Sheriffs As enacted, decreases the amount of time that a sheriff must wait before disposing of certain unclaimed property in the sheriff's custody from six months to 90 days from the date of acquisition. SB2551
0817 Health Care As enacted, requires health care providers to report injuries that appear to result from an illegal female genital mutilation. SB2559
0818 Medical Occupations As enacted, provides civil immunity to medical doctor or osteopathic physician who makes a good faith report to law enforcement regarding an employee's unauthorized use of the doctor or physician's DEA registration number to write prescriptions. SB2609
0819 Judges and Chancellors As enacted, terminates the court of the judiciary and replaces it with a 16-person board of judicial conduct; revises provisions governing such a board. SB2671
0820 Highway Signs As enacted, names certain bridge on U.S. 70 in DeKalb County in honor of the late PFC Billy Gene Anderson. SB2678
0821 Consumer Protection As enacted, imposes certain requirements on persons providing roofing goods and services in regard to contracts for certain services; provides for certain notice; allows for cancellation of contract in certain circumstances if consumer discovers repair is not covered by insurance. SB2714
0822 Taxes, Gasoline, Petroleum Products As enacted, creates a natural gas dealer's permit for persons or entities that dispense compressed natural gas to customers' vehicles through qualified natural gas dispensers; requires the permittee to remit the compressed natural gas tax imposed on the metered gas. SB2718
0823 Local Education Agencies As enacted, allows local boards of education to conduct scheduled board meetings electronically in some circumstances. SB2723
0824 Employees, Employers As enacted, authorizes the department of labor and workforce development, in accordance with the federal treasury offset program, to set off any covered unemployment compensation debt due to the department against any federal income tax refund due to the claimant debtor and revises various provisions of present law regarding the recovering of unemployment benefit overpayments. SB2742
0825 TennCare As enacted, requires that the general internist member of theTennCare pharmacy advisory committee who participates in TennCare be appointed from a list of all general internists provided by interested medical groups, including but not limited to the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians. SB2796
0826 Labor As enacted, establishes certain authorization regarding the posting of information on right to work laws; requires commissioner of labor and workforce development to create model notice language. SB2821
0827 Special License Plates As enacted, authorizes issuance of Boy Scouts of America new specialty earmarked license plates; allocates 50 percent of funds derived from sale thereof to five Tennessee Councils of Boy Scouts to fund and support scouting programs and activities. SB2838
0828 Funeral Directors and Embalmers As enacted, establishes priority of right to the disposition of human remains and limits certain liability of funeral establishments and funeral directors. SB2916
0829 State Symbols As enacted, adds Echinacea Tennesseensis as a state wild flower, along with the passion flower. SB2976
0830 Basic Education Program (BEP) As enacted, specifies that LEAs may expend BEP funds earned for non-classroom components for the purpose of employing a building manager for a school. SB2982
0831 Children's Services, Dept. of As enacted, adds additional language to the department's mission/purpose. SB3032
0832 Planning, Public As enacted, authorizes local governments to create grant programs to provide funding to home owners and developers who invest in blighted property for the purpose of providing stabilization of the value of the neighborhood and increase the value of such property. SB3424
0833 Fiscal Review Committee As enacted, codifies position of committee's executive director who is hired subject to majority vote of committee; attaches committee to general assembly for administrative purposes. SB3580
0834 Motor Vehicles As enacted, requires entity actually towing vehicle to report vehicle registration information to local law enforcement when vehicle is towed pursuant to Uniform Landlord Tenant Act. SB3604
0835 Regional Authorities and Special Districts As enacted, clarifies definition of "authority" in provisions governing regional transportation authorities to include reconstituted authority of Middle Tennessee; removes reference to power of regional transportation authorities to condemn property pursuant to the provisions governing such authorities in furtherance of mass transit and transportation plans; revises the present law limits of tort exposure for parties who contract with the regional transportation authority (RTA) for the provision of commuter SB3616
0836 Physicians and Surgeons As enacted, requires that in hormone replacement therapy clinics all hormone replacement therapy must be performed by a licensed physician or licensed osteopathic physician or by a certified nurse practitioner or a physician assistant that is delegated such tasks by a licensed physician or licensed osteopathic physician; establishes other requirements. SB3627
0837 Annexation As enacted, changes time when department of revenue is notified of an annexation from prior to the annexation becoming effective to upon the annexation becoming effective. SB2987
0838 Criminal Offenses As enacted, expands the drugs whose production, manufacture, distribution, sale or possession would be a crime under the present law offense regarding synthetic derivatives or analogues of methcathinone. HB2645
0839 Codes As enacted, specifies the procedure that local governments must use in order to adopt mandatory sprinkler requirements for one-family and two-family dwellings. HB2639
0840 Gambling As enacted, exempts nonprofit corporations from paying gambling machine manufacturing fees if the nonprofit is licensed by the Tennessee department of mental health and certified by the Tennessee department of human services to provide vocational rehabilitation job training programs. HB2453
0841 Bail, Bail Bonds As enacted, requires a person seeking to own a bonding company have two years of experience writing bail as a full-time agent with a professional bonding company in good standing. HB2442
0842 Taxes As enacted, redefines "intangible expense" under the Excise Tax Law; revises present franchise tax law regarding elections of a member of an affiliated group or a financial institution affiliated group to compute its net worth on a consolidated basis, and revises various other provisions of present law regarding taxes. HB2372
0843 Criminal Offenses As enacted, creates Class E felony of manufacturing or selling an imitation controlled substance and the Class A misdemeanors of ingesting an imitation controlled substance and possessing an imitation controlled substance for the purpose of ingesting it. HB2286
0844 Tort Liability and Reform As enacted, enacts "Jaclyn's Law," which, in certain circumstances, provides civil immunity for first responders when using forcible entry to enter premises to render emergency assistance when responding to 911 call. HB2215
0845 Special License Plates As enacted, authorizes disabled persons who receive special license plates to obtain a decal to affix to such specialty plates; recognizes plates with affixed decals as disabled driver plates. HB0429
0846 Tourism As enacted, enacts the "Tourism Development Authority Act." HB1959
0847 Landlord and Tenant As enacted, limits application of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to counties having a population of more than 75,000 instead of 68,000; change does not affect the current applicability of the Act. HB2683
0848 Criminal Offenses As enacted, implements various procedures concerning controlled substance analogues in the same manner in which those procedures are carried out concerning controlled substances. HB3175
0849 Sports As enacted, clarifies that amounts of state and local sales tax revenue derived from an indoor sports facility in Davidson County that are subject to special distribution under present law will be distributed to the sports authority or comparable municipal agency formally designated by the municipality; specifies that such revenue must be used exclusively for the payment of, or the reimbursement of expenses associated with securing current, expanded or new events for such facilities. HB3828
0850 Holidays and Days of Special Observance As enacted, designates the month of July each year as "Tennessee Genealogy Month." HB3746
0851 Criminal Procedure As enacted, expands definition of "uses" and "conducts" to include "transport" and "conceal" for purposes of the money laundering criminal offenses. HB3638
0852 Criminal Procedure As enacted, deletes provision prohibiting district attorney from applying to judge for a wiretap order in marijuana cases in which the amount is less than 700 pounds. HB3637
0853 Judges and Chancellors As enacted, allows members of the judicial nominating commission to serve successive terms; allows solicitor general and employees of the attorney general to serve on the commission; allows members to participate in meetings by telephone if three or fewer applicants; allows members continuance in court hearings if commission meeting scheduled. HB3282
0854 Criminal Offenses As enacted, corrects the chemical compound, Benzoylindoles, found in illegal drugs such as hallucinogenic plants, from "Pravadoline (WIN 48, 09)" to "Pravadoline (WIN 48, 098)". HB3129
0855 Holidays and Days of Special Observance As enacted, designates the third full week in May as "Rescue Squad Week." HB3009
0856 Law Enforcement As enacted, removes the requirements that a missing child report be transmitted to the Tennessee bureau of investigation and that the TBI distribute the report. HB2986
0857 Courts, Juvenile As enacted, makes various changes to the appointment of counsel and guardians ad litem for indigent children and defendants in juvenile court. HB2984
0858 Law Enforcement As enacted, requires that officers who knowingly provide POST with false or misleading information concerning histories be decertified, removed from office, and be deemed ineligible to apply for a new law enforcement position in Tennessee; requires denial of application for POST certification of an applicant who knowingly provides POST with false or misleading information. HB2860
0859 Police As enacted, redefines "traffic or police officer" for purposes of traffic control or regulation. SB3602
0860 Environment and Conservation, Department of As enacted, authorizes the air pollution control board to issue TDEC commissioner authority to grant variances for certain open burnings and emissions testing requirements. SB3549
0861 Child Custody and Support As enacted, requires the department of human services and juvenile court or district attorney general to undertake public awareness campaign in counties implementing responsible teen parent pilot project that includes the means the department may use to collect child support. SB3257
0862 Tort Liability and Reform As enacted, limits liability of whitewater rafting companies in certain circumstances. SB3179
0863 Municipal Government As enacted, extends date from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014, on expansion of urban growth boundaries for certain tracts of land 10 acres or smaller. SB3165
0864 Special License Plates As enacted, authorizes issuance of Teamsters new specialty earmarked license plates. SB3062
0865 Libraries As enacted, requires CTAS to conduct a study of county librarians' salaries in this state as compared to those in states bordering this state. SB2970
0866 Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly transport or release into the wild, or cause to be transported into or within the state, live wild-appearing swine into or within the state without appropriate documentation from the department of agriculture. SB2879
0867 Recreational Areas As enacted, includes rowing as an outdoor recreational opportunity for purposes of the Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Rural Development Act of 2011. SB2852
0868 Special License Plates As enacted, authorizes issuance of brain injury awareness new specialty earmarked license plates; allocates 50 percent of funds produced from sale thereof to Brain Injury Association of Tennessee. SB2755
0869 Drugs, Prescription As enacted, revises various provisions of present law regarding pain management clinics. SB2587
0870 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with secretary of state after January 1, 2011. SB2463
0871 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the department of human services to June 30, 2014, and requires the division of state audit to send follow-up questions to the department of human services in 2013 regarding actions taken by the department to address the issues raised in the January 2012 performance audit report. SB2462
0872 Special License Plates As enacted, extends the time to meet the minimum order requirements for the American Red Cross new specialty earmarked plate by an additional year. SB2274
0873 Health, Dept. of As enacted, redefines "evidence-based" for purposes of criteria for funding for in-home visitation programs; makes other changes to provisions governing in-home visitations. SB2241
0874 Short Term Loans and Lenders As enacted, rewrites law regarding the disposition of stolen property that is in the possession of a pawnbroker. SB1864
0875 Education As enacted, removes authorization for the commissioner of education to remove from office any local board of education member who fails to attend the annual training as prescribed by the state board of education. SB1429
0876 Sexual Offenses As enacted, clarifies that law permits prosecution and conviction for displaying sexual activity to a minor by electronic communication regardless of whether the victim is a minor or an undercover police officer posing as a minor. HB2856
0877 Privacy, Confidentiality As enacted, classifies consumer specific energy usage data, except for aggregate monthly billing information, as a private record. SB3608
0878 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, specifies that certain filing provisions would not apply to a commercial risk policy issued by an insurer of commercial risk insurance to an exempt commercial risk policyholder; specifies circumstances under which certain penalty provisions will apply to commerical risk insurance. SB2596
0879 Schools, Charter As enacted, regulates charter schools' relationships with foreign entities and the use of non-immigrant foreign workers by charter schools. SB3345
0880 Drugs, Prescription As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012." SB2253
0881 Beer As enacted, creates a pilot project in Hancock, Union, Grainger, Claiborne, Cocke, Jefferson, Hawkins, Hamilton and Knox counties regarding suspension or revocation of beer permit or license upon suspension or revocation of alcohol beverage license or permit and suspension or revocation of alcohol beverage license or permit upon suspension or revocation of beer permit or license. HB3633
0882 Sexual Offenders As enacted, provides that the conveyance of personal property of a sexual offender used to violate a residential and work restriction of the sex offender registry is subject to forfeiture if the victim was a minor; specifies under the provisions regarding forfeiture of property used in the commission of a sexual offense that property is subject to "judicial forfeiture" instead of "administrative forfeiture". HB3398
0883 Sexual Offenders As enacted, authorizes judge, after consideration of facts and circumstances surrounding the case, to require a person convicted of statutory rape for the first time to register as a sexual offender on the sexual offender and violent sexual offender registry. HB3283
0884 Motor Vehicles As enacted, prevents car dealerships from being held vicariously liable when loaning a vehicle to a customer with proof of insurance. HB3274
0885 Criminal Offenses As enacted, revises the punishment for the offenses of public indecency and indecent exposure and revises the definition of "public place" with regard to the offense of public indecency. HB3257
0886 Probate Law As enacted, revises and clarifies various provisions of law related to probate matters. HB3237
0887 Landlord and Tenant As enacted, permits landlord to terminate rental agreement if tenant creates a hazardous or unsanitary, instead of hazardous and unsanitary, condition on the property; revises certain provisions regarding accounts for security deposits. HB2913
0888 Child Abuse As enacted, requires that, if a report of child abuse alleges physical abuse, it will be in the best interest of the child that the child be referred to a child advocacy center or that the investigation be conducted by a child protective services investigator who is adequately trained in investigating physical abuse reports; prohibits any probation officer previously assigned to the child from performing the investigation under any circumstances. HB2895
0889 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation As enacted, provides that a person is eligible for drug court if the person has been charged with but not convicted of a violent felony or does not have a pattern of convictions for violent misdemeanors. HB2890
0890 Judicial Officers As enacted, authorizes the general sessions judges of Williamson County to appoint judicial commissioners; clarifies that when the general sessions judges cannot agree on a judicial commissioner appointment, the chief legislative body shall appoint the judicial commissioner; however, the general sessions judges would still supervise that judicial commissioner. HB2859
0891 Criminal Offenses As enacted, creates defense in prosecution of prostitution where a person is a victim of involuntary labor servitude, sexual servitude, or where the person is a victim as defined under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. HB2823
0892 DUI Offenses As enacted, clarifies that a person may be compelled to submit to an alcohol test under the implied consent law by other provisions of law, court order or search warrant. HB2752
0893 DUI Offenses As eancted, expands present law to provide that it is not a defense to a violation of the DUI statute that a person is or was lawfully entitled to use an intoxicant, marijuana, controlled substance, or other drug. HB2750
0894 Child Custody and Support As enacted, amends the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund to provide an attachment or lien on the judgment to satisfy child support arrearages in certain circumstances. HB2744
0895 Employees, Employers As enacted, clarifies that the requirement for the distribution to servers of service charges or gratuities automatically added to a bill does not apply to charges or fees paid by guests to stay at a guest ranch. HB2671
0896 Lottery, Corporation As enacted, requires the general shortfall lottery subaccount to be maintained at $100 million instead of at $50 million; requires comptroller to make an annual report on the adequacy of reserves. HB2650
0897 Child Custody and Support As enacted, clarifies that in determining the willingness of each of the parents and caregivers to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and both of the child's parents, the court must consider the likelihood of each parent and caregiver to honor and facilitate court ordered parenting arrangements and rights, and the court must further consider any history of either parent or any caregiver denying parenting time to either parent in violation of a court order. HB2620
0898 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the judicial performance evaluation commission, June 30, 2013. HB2537
0899 Alcohol Offenses, Sales As enacted, creates certain offenses and delinquent acts regarding entering into a retail package store when under age, visibly intoxicated or otherwise disruptive. HB2459
0900 County Officers As enacted, authorizes any county, subject to appropriation by the county legislative body, to provide vehicles for the use of any salaried county official described above, or, in the alternative, to provide a monthly car allowance to such salaried county official. HB2403

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