"ChapterNumber","Subject","Abstract","BillNumber"
"0513","Animal Control","As enacted, in regard to forfeited deposits to spay or neuter program, specifies that in Hawkins County forfeited deposits will be used to defray operational expenses of the programs, including, but not limited to, costs for purchasing food, medications, tests, upgrades for the animal housing areas, or any other supplies or products that would improve the quality of life for dogs or cats in such programs, but may not be used to pay salaries of persons employed by any agency located within the county.","HB0208"
"0514","Redistricting, Legislative","As enacted, establishes state senate districts.","SB1514"
"0515","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, adds Cocke County to those counties where distilleries may be located without conducting an additional referendum if within the boundaries of the county both retail package sales and liquor-by-the-drink have been approved through voter referendum.","HB2035"
"0516","Advertising","As enacted, revises provisions governing the annual renewal of outdoor advertising permits.","SB2244"
"0517","Codes","As enacted, adopts the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design as the standards to be followed to make a building accessible to those with physical disabilities when constructing or altering a public building.","SB2203"
"0518","Courts","As enacted, deletes the provisions relating to the defense of unclean hands.","SB2360"
"0519","Licenses","As enacted, requires licenses issued by the department of commerce and insurance and licenses required to work as athlete agents, lobbyists, and K-12 public school teachers to be denied, suspended, or revoked, if student loans are not paid.","SB0551"
"0520","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee tobacco farmers certifying board, June 30, 2014.","SB2336"
"0521","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state forestry commission, June 30, 2017.","SB2334"
"0522","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the civil defense and disaster compact, June 30, 2017.","SB2333"
"0523","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the emergency management assistance compact, June 30, 2017.","SB2332"
"0524","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the interstate earthquake compact of 1988, June 30, 2017.","SB2331"
"0525","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee emergency management agency, June 30, 2017.","SB2330"
"0526","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends Tennessee residence commission, June 30, 2017.","SB2329"
"0527","Sunset Laws","As introduced, extends the Tennessee financial literacy commission, June 30, 2017.","SB2326"
"0528","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee life and health insurance guaranty association, June 30, 2017.","SB2320"
"0529","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact of 2007, June 30, 2017.","SB2319"
"0530","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities, June 30, 2014.","SB2312"
"0531","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, removes the requirement that certain accident reports be in writing; revises other various provisions governing motor vehicle accident reports.","SB2236"
"0532","Law Enforcement","As enacted, extends provisions regarding employee compensation and indemnification for officers killed in the line of duty to police officers employed by the state.","SB2204"
"0533","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 374 in Clarksville as \"Officers David Scott and Yamil Baez-Santiago Memorial Parkway.\"","SB2125"
"0534","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, alters and adds limits to acquisition and installment account handling charges for loans.","HB2604"
"0535","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to engage in camping on property owned by the state knowing that the area on which the camping occurs is not specifically designated for use as a camping area by the department or agency responsible for such land.","HB2638"
"0536","Naming and Designating","As enacted, names Murfreesboro National Guard Armory in honor of the late First Lieutenant William Eric Emmert.","SB2159"
"0537","Public Contracts","As enacted, requires the chief procurement officer to develop a transition plan by \"April 1, 2012\", instead of \"October 1, 2011\", and corrects various typographical errors in provisions governing the procurement office and the authorized entity to promulgate rules.","SB2255"
"0538","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, revises provisions governing the filling of vacancies occurring on the board of commissioners of certain multi-county utility districts.","SB2170"
"0539","Safety","As enacted, exempts ambulances from requirement that each for-hire motor carrier providing passenger transportation service in a motor vehicle or motor vehicles designed or constructed to accommodate and transport eight or more passengers, or any motor vehicle transporting passengers who are TennCare enrollees eligible for such transportation services under TennCare, maintain at least $1,000,000 in liability insurance, drug test operators, conduct biennial physical exams of operators, and conduct annual safety examinations.","SB0524"
"0540","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, establishes certain requirements regarding netting agreements and qualified financial contracts.","SB0465"
"0541","Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes department to allow unlicensed individuals employed by licensed facilities to follow universal \"do not resuscitate\" orders in certain circumstances.","HB2365"
"0542","Driver Licenses","As enacted, establishes that the submission of certain documents is considered compliance with certain requirements for reinstatement of driver license.","HB2376"
"0543","Special License Plates","As enacted, creates a \"Tennessee Tennis\" new specialty earmarked license plate; 50 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the plates earmarked for Tennessee Tennis Association to promote and develop the growth of tennis in Tennessee.","HB2455"
"0544","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, allows use of federally-insured deposits instead of certificate of deposit.","HB2561"
"0545","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of special license plates for concerns of police survivors (COPS).","HB2756"
"0546","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of new specialty earmarked license plates for East Tennessee Children's Hospital; and allocates 50 percent of the proceeds from such plates to the hospital.","HB2598"
"0547","Highway Signs","As enacted, prohibits outdoor advertising on state route 840 in Williamson County from state route 246 to one mile from the intersection with state route 100; clarifies that former Interstate 181 in Washington and Sullivan counties is now called Interstate 26.","HB2886"
"0548","Comptroller, State","As enacted, provides for electronic, in addition to telephonic, notifications under the Advocacy for Honest and Appropriate Government Spending Act.","HB2397"
"0549","Capital Punishment","As enacted, requires the warden to permit three relatives or close friends of a victim to attend an execution where no surviving immediate family members of the victim over age 18 exist.","HB2405"
"0550","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee council for career and technical education, June 30, 2017.","HB2545"
"0551","Education","As enacted, specifies that an elementary school is any school serving any combination of kindergarten through grade \"six,\" instead of \"eight,\" and a middle school is any \"school,\" instead of \"elementary school,\" designed to serve grades 5 - 8 only, or any combination of grades 5 - 8; defines a \"secondary school\" as a school that provides secondary education and defines \"secondary education\" as education normally available and required by state standards to be taught to children enrolled in grades 7 - 12.","HB2653"
"0552","Food and Food Products","As enacted, requires that sorghum molasses sold or offered for sale in Tennessee must be labeled as 100 percent pure or not pure; authorizes any person who suffers an injury or death, or an ascertainable loss of money or property, as a result of a violation of the bill to bring an action individually to recover actual damages.","HB2665"
"0553","Special License Plates","As enacted, expands authorization of new specialty earmarked license plates for Sons of Confederate Veterans to include issuance of such plates for motorcycles.","SB2169"
"0554","Public Contracts","As enacted, increases from $75,000 to $150,000 the dollar amount of leases that require approval by the attorney general and state building commission; requires the state architect to post certain information on the state architect's web site, with regard to any proposed lease of property by or to the state that is less than five years or costs less than $150,000 per year or such other amount as determined by the state building commission.","SB2220"
"0555","Students","As enacted, requires the department of safety to report annually to the senate and house education committees the number of students whose driver licenses were suspended for failure to make satisfactory academic progress; also requires reporting of the number of students whose licenses were reinstated during the school year after such students had their licenses suspended and the total number of licenses granted to students during the school year.","SB0882"
"0556","Public Health","As enacted, directs the genetic advisory committee to develop a program to screen newborns for critical cyanotic congenital heart disease; the screening program must make use of pulse oximetry and be developed by January 1, 2013.","SB0065"
"0557","Capitol","As enacted, authorizes secretary of state to produce a virtual tour of the state capitol, capitol annexes and grounds and to publish the virtual tour on the web sites of the general assembly and secretary of state; authorizes secretary of state to distribute the virtual tour on electronic media, through the state library and archives, to public and private K-12 schools.","SB3194"
"0558","Education","As enacted, continues the career and technical class size extension pilot project in the Metro Nashville public schools; provides that the pilot shall only be used in schools or programs implementing the career academy or small learning community model.","SB2883"
"0559","Sunset Laws","As enacted, creates sunrise provision for the interstate nurse licensure compact, June 30, 2014.","SB2799"
"0560","Sunset Laws","As enacted, repeals the cemetery advisory board.","SB2798"
"0561","Highway Signs","As enacted, includes I-26 in Unicoi County within Purple Heart Trail.","SB2752"
"0562","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, allows securities or investment accounts held by bank trust departments to have a payable on death designated beneficiary.","SB2702"
"0563","Travel Regulations","As enacted, authorizes the issuance of overdimensional permits by TDOT to certain qualified vehicles to travel on the interstate at night.","SB2650"
"0564","Consumer Protection","As enacted, authorizes a mattress manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer to offer a comfort exchange policy pursuant to the sale of a mattress; includes a mattress returned pursuant to such a policy in definition of secondhand.","SB2644"
"0565","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, conforms language under the employment security law concerning amount of retainage by a contractor entering into a contract with the state or local governments to conform to 5 percent as authorized generally for contractors.","SB2561"
"0566","State Government","As enacted, provides for the designation of the Tennessee Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May of each calendar year.","SB2516"
"0567","State Symbols","As enacted, establishes the eastern red cedar as the official state evergreen tree.","SB2362"
"0568","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, enacts \"The BWC 5 Act,\" which requires recreational vehicles leased to consumers to have working carbon monoxide detectors; requires all lease agreements for RVs to state that the vehicle is equipped with a working detector; allows court costs and attorney's fees in civil suits for damages from failure to comply with this requirement.","SB2357"
"0569","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of children's services, June 30, 2014.","SB2315"
"0570","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 7 in Maury County in honor of the late John Newton Woody.","SB2296"
"0571","Taxes","As enacted, clarifies that a taxpayer may request the assessor to mitigate a forced assessment by reducing the forced assessment to the standard depreciated value of the taxpayer's assessable property plus 25 percent.","SB2260"
"0572","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, extends to June 30, 2016, the authorization for the state funding board to sell bonds at private sale permanent, which authorization is scheduled to expire June 30, 2012.","SB2258"
"0573","Regional Authorities and Special Districts","As enacted, requires submission of certain reports and notices in regard to watershed districts.","SB2257"
"0574","Holidays and Days of Special Observance","As enacted, designates March 3 of each year to be observed as \"Tennessee National Guard Day.\"","SB2231"
"0575","Mental Health, Dept. of","As enacted, changes the name of the department to the \"department of mental health and substance abuse services.\"","SB2229"
"0576","Taxes, Franchise","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the job tax credit given for new full-time employee jobs filled by a person with disabilities who is receiving state services directly related to such disabilities.","SB2213"
"0577","Privacy, Confidentiality","As enacted, classifies as a confidential record the emergency contact information for any state, county, municipal or other public employee or former employee, or of any law enforcement officer in the employ of a public college or university.","SB2198"
"0578","Comptroller, State","As enacted, changes references from \"county audit division\" to \"comptroller of the treasury\" and \"department of audit\" in provisions regarding judicial information system advisory committee members; the county financial management system; and audits of the solid waste authority.","SB2197"
"0579","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, enacts the \"Carmen Burnette Act of 2012,\" which requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs to implement hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning, as opposed to merely cognitive training.","SB1680"
"0580","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge in Dickson County in honor of the late Lt. Col. Malcolm Glenn Hicks, USAF.","SB2385"
"0581","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge in Sullivan County in honor of the late Richard Lee Edwards, Sr.","SB2477"
"0582","Statutes and Codification","As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2011 legislative session.","SB2183"
"0583","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Four Lake regional industrial developmental authority, June 30, 2014.","HB0629"
"0584","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends until June 30, 2013, for Donate Life new specialty earmarked license plates to obtain the minimum number of orders for issuance of such license plate.","HB2833"
"0585","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on HIV/AIDS prevention curricula; requires department to survey other state health departments' HIV/AIDS public outreach and education programs.","HB2414"
"0586","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state capitol commission, June 30, 2017; revises certain provisions governing appointments to the board.","HB2542"
"0587","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of Almost Home Animal Rescue new specialty earmarked license plates; allocates 50 percent of funds derived from sale thereof to such organization to rescue and relocate animals scheduled for euthanasia.","SB3353"
"0588","Railroads","As enacted, extends the requirements for stopping at a railroad crossing when a railroad train is approaching to apply to situations when either a railroad train or any other on-track equipment traveling on a railroad track is approaching; failure to stop for on-track equipment will be a Class C misdemeanor, which is the same criminal classification for failing to stop at a train crossing.","SB3240"
"0589","Safety","As enacted, expands the definition of ready-removable in the Tennessee modular building act to permit ready-removables to include electrical wiring; specifies that all ready-removables with electrical wiring must meet applicable state and local electrical permitting requirements, local building permitting requirements, and have hardwired smoke alarms installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.","SB3236"
"0590","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of an American Lung Association new specialty earmarked license plate.","SB3006"
"0591","Environmental Preservation","As enacted, changes dates of harvest season for wild ginseng from August 15 through December 31 to September 1 through December 31 of each year; adjusts reporting requirement for ginseng dealers to reflect new start date of harvest season.","SB2854"
"0592","Alcoholic Beverage Commission","As enacted, allows commission to issue wholesale license to corporation that has acquired assets of a partnership or limited liability company operating in this state for 10 years if corporation has majority of its assets in Tennessee and officers actively present at licensed premises.","SB2843"
"0593","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition new specialty earmarked license plate; allocates 50 percent of funds produced from sale thereof to the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition to support organization's mission.","SB2814"
"0594","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends the time to meet the minimum order requirements for the Labrador Retriever Foundation new specialty earmarked plate until July 1, 2013.","SB2813"
"0595","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, revises obsolete language related to independent practitioner of social work for purposes of reimbursement under medical, hospital and medical service plans and insurance by replacing it with current licensure terminology of a person duly licensed to engage in independent practice as a licensed clinical social worker.","SB2674"
"0596","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, requires boards of commissioners for utility districts to provide notice to their customers at least two weeks prior to any board meeting at which the board members intend to select three nominees to certify to the county mayor to fill an existing or upcoming vacancy on the board; notice must include an invitation for the customers to submit the names of qualified persons to be considered for nomination.","SB2652"
"0597","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of Ronald McDonald House new specialty earmarked license plate; allocates 50 percent of sale proceeds to Ronald McDonald House, for distribution to Tennessee chapters to further the mission of improving health, education and well-being of children.","SB2382"
"0598","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board for licensing health care facilities, June 30, 2016; requires comptroller to issue questions and answers to board regarding surveyors in response to CMS audit.","SB2314"
"0599","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 11 in Marshall County in honor of late Matt Hayes.","SB2295"
"0600","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, clarifies that provisions governing purchases by one local government under same terms as another local government's purchasing agreement apply to purchases of goods and equipment.","SB2291"
"0601","Local Government, General","As enacted, extends from June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2014, the expiration date for the authority of Hamilton, Knox and Shelby counties, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Metropolitan Nashville to sell bonds at private sale upon terms and conditions that it determines and upon approval by the governing body of the local government; authorizes local governments to petition state funding board for permission to sell specific bonds determined to be required to be sold at taxable interest rates at private sale upon terms and conditions that the local government determines and upon approval by the governing body of the local government.","SB2265"
"0602","Highways, Roads and Bridges","As enacted, revises provisions governing the distribution of utility relocation plans to utility owners.","SB2242"
"0603","Correction, Dept. of","As enacted, revises provisions governing the exercise of police powers by department employees and governing the authority of certain department employees to carry firearms.","SB2205"
"0604","Senate","As enacted, changes T.C.A. to reflect renaming of the senate environment, conservation and tourism committee as the \"senate energy and environment committee.\"","SB2192"
"0605","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, enacts the \"Uniformity in Tax Increment Financing Act of 2012.\"","SB2175"
"0606","Highway Signs","As enacted, names segment of U.S. 27 in Rhea County in honor of the late Hiram Green.","HB3010"
"0607","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates U.S. 27 within City of Dayton as \"Veterans Memorial Highway.\"","HB3008"
"0608","Firearms and Ammunition","As enacted, clarifies that it is lawful to purchase from and cause to be shipped to a personal residence in this state a black powder weapon, knife with a blade in excess of four inches or a sword or bayonet.","HB2936"
"0609","Contractors","As enacted, revises certain requirements concerning retainage.","HB2764"
"0610","Libraries","As enacted, clarifies existing law regarding term length and board membership of city and county library boards.","HB2754"
"0611","Comptroller, State","As enacted, removes references to the office of the comptroller of the treasury in connection with the judicial cost accountant.","HB2496"
"0612","Military","As enacted, creates Class B misdemeanor offense of a person falsely representing that he or she was or is a member of the United States armed forces with the intent to deceive another into believing such representation.","HB2491"
"0613","Remedies and Special Proceedings","As enacted, creates civil right of action for victims of human trafficking offenses.","HB2489"
"0614","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, revises provisions regarding tenure for teachers transferring from one LEA to another; requires that teacher evaluation information be sent to the LEA to which a teacher is transferring.","HB2328"
"0615","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, clarifies that certain trailers and semitrailers used in transporting rolled hay bales, rather than rolled alfalfa bales, are exempt from maximum width and height requirements for motor and other vehicles.","HB3135"
"0616","Sunset Laws","As enacted, creates sunrise provision for economic council on women with a termination date of June 30, 2013; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to council.","HB3080"
"0617","Safety, Dept. of","As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study on the safety of motorcycle passengers under 18 years of age and report its results and recommendations to the senate transportation and safety committee and the house transportation committee by October 1, 2012.","HB2729"
"0618","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, revises the requirements for a nursing home's certificate of need  for qualified partial relocation of certain nursing homes.","HB2632"
"0619","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state board for alarm systems contractors, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","HB2540"
"0620","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee technology development corporation, June 30, 2017; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the corporation board of directors.","HB2534"
"0621","Driver Licenses","As enacted, requires visible full face color photograph of a licensee.","HB2547"
"0622","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the advisory council on workers' compensation, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the council.","HB2527"
"0623","Clerks, Court","As enacted, specifies that the present law fees that generally apply throughout the state would apply for clerk services in the criminal court, fourth circuit and general sessions court-criminal division of Knox County, but the separate provision of law regarding Knox County would continue to apply for clerk services in all other courts of Knox County.","HB2481"
"0624","Taxes, Sales","As enacted, establishes requirements for determining whether certain affiliates have physical presence in this state sufficient to establish nexus for sales and use tax purposes; provisions to be repealed January 1, 2014.","HB2370"
"0625","Public Contracts","As enacted, revises requirements for amounts of goods or services that may be procured without requisitioning through the department of general services or for contracts that may be entered into without approval of certain government officials; permits competitive negotiations on certain contracts upon approval by the chief procurement officer; revises other related provisions.","HB2356"
"0626","Surplus Property","As enacted, revises duties of the chief procurement officer relating to disposal of certain property; keeps administration of state surplus personal property within general services instead of with chief procurement officer; permits payment of state surplus personal property by credit card; specifies that disposal of surplus personal property in the possession of the general assembly would be exempt from the State Surplus Personal Property Act in certain circumstances.","HB2355"
"0627","Nuclear Materials, Transportation and Safety","As enacted, authorizes a nuclear security officer to employ deadly force in certain situations.","HB2326"
"0628","Dentists and Dentistry","As enacted, requires governor to consult with interested dental groups including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Dental Association, the Tennessee Dental Hygienists Association and the Tennessee Dental Assistants' Association prior to making appointments to the board of dentistry.","SB3391"
"0629","Psychologists","As enacted, authorizes, instead of requires, that the governor select psychologist members of board of examiners in psychology from lists of nominees submitted by Tennessee Psychological Association, and select psychological examiner and senior psychological examiner board members from lists provided by Tennessee Psychological Association Division of Psychological Examiners and other interested psychology groups.","SB3381"
"0630","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of respiratory care, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB3380"
"0631","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, prohibits title insurance companies and title insurance rating organizations from filing as part of their schedule of rates for title insurance, that part of the charge for title insurance applicable to search and examination in connection with insurance of title to real property located in counties with a population of less than 175,000 instead of those with less than 275,000.","SB3352"
"0632","CoverTN","As enacted, abolishes Cover TN advisory committee.","SB3213"
"0633","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, makes various changes and additions to present law concerning insurance, in regard to confidentiality and Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Act.","SB1818"
"0634","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, specifies that the limits on loans to any one borrower must take into consideration credit exposure arising from derivative transactions between the state bank and the person.","SB2216"
"0635","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, requires that licensure renewals for heath facilities licenses be due on the anniversary date of the license instead of June 30 of each year; authorizes, during transition period, issuance of renewals for terms of no less than five months and no more than 18 months or year to year.","SB2222"
"0636","Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities","As enacted, provides for a statewide admissions review committee in regard to developmental centers for persons with intellectual or development disabilities, instead of having a review board for each center; makes other various changes in regard to such center.","SB2226"
"0637","State Government","As enacted, revises provisions governing approval of compromises and settlements by the governor, comptroller or general assembly in actions involving the state.","SB2264"
"0638","Equalization Board","As enacted, authorizes board to approve a continuing education program for registered taxpayer agents and to charge agents a per-credit hour fee to defray cost of program.","SB2290"
"0639","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 166 in Maury County in honor of Dr. L. Paul Sands.","SB2297"
"0640","County Government","As enacted, prohibits conflicts of interest in contractual services in regard to county officers in same manner as interests in supplies, material or equipment are prohibited.","SB2384"
"0641","Highway Signs","As enacted, changes description of Veterans Memorial Mile in Knox County to segment of S.R. 62 from Solway Bridge to intersection with S.R. 162.","SB2466"
"0642","Municipal Government","As enacted, increases from $300,000 to $500,000 the maximum amount of revenue and debt a municipality may have in order to qualify to contract with a certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) or a qualified individual who is exempt from CMFO certification for financial oversight instead of employing a CMFO.","SB2490"
"0643","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates a certain segment of State Highway 28 in Sequatchie and Marion counties as \"Veterans' Memorial Park Highway.\"","SB2576"
"0644","Coon Dog Laws","As enacted, adds Morgan County to group of counties where the training season for coon dogs is at least six months, instead of having a training season from July 1 to the first day of the open season for hunting coons.","SB2647"
"0645","TennCare","As enacted, enacts the \"Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2012.\"","SB2766"
"0646","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, extends from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, the time period within which certain licensed money transmitters may obtain authority to own or control a credit card state bank; revises other provisions regarding credit card state banks.","SB2829"
"0647","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 18 as \"National Bird Dog Highway.\"","SB2841"
"0648","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, designates unpublished telephone numbers as confidential when in the possession of the emergency communications board or its designated agent.","SB2885"
"0649","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, allows nursing homes and their affiliates to employ physicians in certain circumstances.","SB3263"
"0650","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of medical examiners, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB3379"
"0651","Public Records","As enacted, specifies that any records obtained by or disclosed to a municipality or county by a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority or any other cable or video service provider for the purpose of an audit or review will be confidential and not subject to the open records laws.","HB3053"
"0652","Probation and Parole","As enacted, permits private probation providers who meet certain qualifications and contract with the department of correction to supervise Class E felony offenders who are granted probation.","HB2830"
"0653","Children's Services, Dept. of","As enacted, removes the 2012 repeal date for the Tennessee's Transitioning Youth Empowerment Act of 2010.","HB2337"
"0654","Clerks, Court","As enacted, transfers the probate court clerking responsibilities in Blount County from the county clerk to the clerk and master.","HB0059"
"0655","Veterans' Affairs, Dept. of","As enacted, renames the \"Tennessee distinguished service medal\" as the \"Tennessee fallen heroes medal\".","HB1000"
"0656","Education","As enacted, requires high schools to forward vaccination records to higher education institution on behalf of dual enrollment student upon request of the student's parent or guardian; authorizes state board of education to promulgate rules to implement this act.","HB2229"
"0657","Revenue, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to require documents or payments filed with the department to be submitted electronically; revises other various provisions regarding the electronic submission of documents and payments to the department.","HB2371"
"0658","Taxes, Franchise","As enacted, revises provisions governing extensions of time to file francise and excise tax returns.","HB2406"
"0659","Taxes, Litigation","As enacted, authorizes any county that adopts either or both of the litigation taxes authorized by law to also adopt a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the legislative body to use those funds, in addition to the purposes described in law, for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining software and hardware associated with collecting, receiving and maintaining records for law enforcement agencies.","HB2428"
"0660","Herbal Products and Natural Foods","As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor criminal offense for any person to knowingly dig, harvest, collect or remove wild ginseng from any land that such person does not own on any date not within the wild ginseng harvest season.","HB2768"
"0661","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, authorizes Riverview Restaurant, also known as the Catfish Place under the bridge, located in Cheatham County to be licensed as a premier type tourist resort.","HB2800"
"0662","Education, Higher","As enacted, authorizes and encourages reverse articulation or reverse transfer agreements between the board of regents' community colleges and universities in the board of regents and UT systems and that are private SACS accredited institutions.","HB2827"
"0663","Municipal Government","As enacted, makes permanent, instead of terminating in 2012, the municipal pilot program for dealing with abandoned construction.","HB2848"
"0664","Fireworks","As enacted, revises the population figures from any county in excess of 200,000 in the present law to any county in excess of 335,000 based on the recent federal census which effectively means fireworks cannot be sold within the four largest counties; a conforming change removes language from the current law which would have permitted any county to continue selling fireworks if its population grew past 200,000 an exemption which applied to Rutherford County; such language is no longer necessary with the increased population to 335,000; clarifies that present law permits the sale of fireworks in the City of Lakeland in Shelby County at a stand where fireworks have been sold annually for at least 45 years.","HB2850"
"0665","School Transportation","As enacted, removes limitation on commercial advertising on school buses that requires such advertising to \"be composed of lettering on a background color.\"","HB2851"
"0666","DUI Offenses","As enacted, adds all trained phlebotomists who are either operating under a hospital protocol, have completed phlebotomy training through an educational entity providing such training, or have been properly trained by a current or former employer to draw blood to the list of persons who are authorized to draw blood at the written request of a law enforcement officer for the purpose of determining whether a suspect has committed DUI; extends the same civil immunity and chain of custody requirements that apply under present law to persons who are authorized to perform blood draws on DUI suspects to all such trained phlebotomists.","HB2858"
"0667","Cemeteries","As enacted, exempts from income taxes the income from trust funds for perpetual care of a cemetery.","HB2947"
"0668","Election Laws","As enacted, allows city of Estill Springs to permit nonresident property owners to vote in municipal elections upon two-thirds approval of municipal legislative body.","HB3067"
"0669","Tobacco, Tobacco Products","As enacted, establishes requirements relative to non-participating manufacturers and importers for non-participating manufacturers.","HB3632"
"0670","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, protects a teacher from discipline for teaching scientific subjects in an objective manner.","HB0368"
"0671","Autopsies","As enacted, extends the date from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2012, for a facility where autopsies are performed to receive accreditation from the National Association of Medical Examiners.","SB3622"
"0672","Physicians and Surgeons","As enacted, changes from \"January 1, 2013\" to \"July 1, 2012\" the effective date of Chapter 434 of the Public Acts of 2011, which prohibits physicians from utilizing telemedicine to provide abortion services.","SB3540"
"0673","Fiscal Review Committee","As enacted, extends period of time committee has to comment on proposed non-competitive contracts from 20 days to 40 days; removes obsolete language.","SB3347"
"0674","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, deletes language that referenced a subsection that was repealed concerning utility district rates sufficient to pay costs and retire bonds.","SB3208"
"0675","Business and Commerce","As enacted, decreases time a scrap jewelry and metal dealer has to hold items from 30 days from date of purchase to 20 days from date of purchase.","SB2825"
"0676","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, clarifies that endoscopy technicians are sufficient assistants for a physician performing an endoscopic procedure in an ambulatory surgical treatment center; specifies the scope of practice for endoscopy technicians.","SB2764"
"0677","Marriage","As enacted, allows appointed and elected municipal court judges to solemnize marriages in any county of the state rather than in just the municipality in which the judge has jurisdiction.","SB2552"
"0678","Civil Procedure","As enacted, adds physician assistants to list of medical professionals who are exempt from subpoena to trial in a civil action but who are subject to subpoena to a deposition.","SB2528"
"0679","Short Term Loans and Lenders","As enacted, revises various provisions governing deferred presentment services, including provisions regarding qualifications for licensure; authorizes commissioner of financial institutions to require persons subject to Deferred Presentment Services Act to be licensed through a multi-state automated licensing system.","SB2215"
"0680","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, revises provisions governing deposit of securities in clearing corporation.","SB2202"
"0681","Safety","As enacted, transfers Title 68, Chapter 103, relative to working in proximity to high-voltage lines, into Title 50, Chapter 3, relative to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, effective July 1, 2012.","SB2193"
"0682","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, authorizes spouses of military members who leave employment due to military reassignment to qualify for unemployment benefits; requires that state pay such benefits and does not count against employer's experience rating.","SB0884"
"0683","Transportation, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2016, the commissioner to enter into certain contracts with financial institutions to stabilize the net expense of the department in the purchase of gasoline, diesel, or other fuels for the department's own use.","HB2381"
"0684","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, exempts motor vehicle dismantlers and recyclers or scrap metal processors from obtaining a copy of title before purchasing motor vehicle for scrap if the vehicle was manufactured more than 12 years ago; specifies that state law prempts any local regulation in regard to age of vehicle that may be purchased without title and in regard to waiting period for crushing.","HB2437"
"0685","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, eliminates the 72-hour time period restriction on determinations concerning good cause where the surrender is based on a conditional or final judgment of forfeiture issued by the court.","HB2441"
"0686","Public Buildings","As enacted, authorizes replicas of certain historically-significant documents, such as the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence and Ten Commandments, to be placed in local government public buildings.","HB2658"
"0687","Education","As enacted, regulates student conduct on school buses; permits school personnel, including school bus drivers, to use reasonable force, subject to certain restrictions, in maintaining discipline.","HB2789"
"0688","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, grants immunity from civil liability and a defense to criminal liability for those who report certain injuries in good faith and specifies that the reporting requirement for those injuries is within 24 hours.","HB2834"
"0689","Highways, Roads and Bridges","As enacted, revises structure and operation of certain county highway departments.","HB3007"
"0690","Education","As enacted, specifies that LEAs and school administrators may not prohibit personnel from participating in constitutionally permissible religious activities on school grounds that are initiated by students at reasonable times before or after the instructional day so long as such activities are voluntary for all parties and do not conflict with the responsibilities or assignments of such personnel.","HB3266"
"0691","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, creates a new farm wine permit; authorizes a farm producer to transport grapes or fruit grown on the farm to a licensed winery for the winery to manufacture, bottle and label the wine as being the product of the farm holding the farm wine permit; places certain requirements on the licensed winery.","SB3552"
"0692","Education, Higher","As enacted, exempts the UT board of trustees and board of regents from the requirement that a physical quorum be present at the location specified in the notice of a meeting as the location of the meeting in order to allow participation by electronic or other means of communication for the benefit of the public and the governing body in connection with any meeting authorized by law.","SB3749"
"0693","Campaigns and Campaign Finance","As enacted, requires that statements certifying a candidate's treasurer must contain the office that the candidate is seeking and the year of the election.","SB3411"
"0694","Funeral Directors and Embalmers","As enacted, authorizes instead of requires that governor select some members of board of funeral directors and embalmers from lists of nominees submitted by Tennessee Funeral Directors Association and Tennessee Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, and other interested funeral director and mortician groups.","SB3390"
"0695","Veterinarians","As enacted, requires governor to consult with interested veterinary groups including the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, which under current law may recommend licensed doctors of veterinary medicine and licensed veterinary technicians for appointment to the board, prior to making appointments to board of veterinary medical examiners.","SB3389"
"0696","Optometry","As enacted, clarifies that governor is authorized, but not required, to make appointments to the board of optometry from lists of nominees provided by the Tennessee Optometric Association and other interested optometric groups.","SB3388"
"0697","Audiologists and Speech Pathologists","As enacted, authorizes instead of requires that governor select the physician member of the board of communication disorders and sciences from list of nominees provided by Academy of Otolaryngology and other interested otolaryngology groups.","SB3386"
"0698","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of court reporting, June 30, 2014; authorizes the appointment of court reporter members from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested court reporter groups including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Court Reporters Association; requires the governor to consult with interested court reporter groups before making any appointments to the board.","SB3384"
"0699","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state TennCare pharmacy advisory committee, June 30, 2016; authorizes, rather than requires, the governor and the speakers of each chamber of the general assembly to select appointees to the TennCare pharmacy advisory committee from lists of names that are submitted by interested groups; requires the governor and the speakers to consult with interested groups to determine qualified persons to fill the positions.","SB3383"
"0700","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of State Route 14 beginning at the Tennessee-Mississippi border north on Third Street to Jackson Avenue in Memphis as the \"Blues Trail.\"","SB3260"
"0701","Education","As enacted, requires local boards of education to adopt policies concerning a teacher's ability to relocate a student for the safety of the student and the safety of others.","SB3116"
"0702","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of Autism Awareness new specialty earmarked license plates; allocates proceeds to ASMT, Inc., for distribution to ASMT, Inc., Autism Society of East Tennessee, and the Autism Society of the MidSouth as nonprofit organizations dedicated to informational and referral services in their respective grand divisions.","SB3071"
"0703","Education, Higher","As enacted, declares that teacher effect data made available to teacher preparation programs are not public records and will be used only in evaluating the preparation programs; requires each institution or postsecondary system receiving the estimates to develop a policy to protect the confidentiality of the data.","SB3024"
"0704","Health, Dept. of","As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) must use claims data received from the commissioner strictly for its own internal purposes and for internal purposes of its members.","SB3011"
"0705","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, authorizes the diversion of harassing non-initialized 911 phone calls to a designated entity.","SB3010"
"0706","Housing","As enacted, authorizes new mechanisms for merging or dissolving housing authorities.","SB3007"
"0707","Registers of Deeds","As enacted, allows the name and address of the person that prepared an instrument that conveys or encumbers the title to real estate or personal property to appear anywhere within the instrument; revises other registration provisions.","SB2961"
"0708","Uniform Commercial Code","As enacted, revises provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.","SB2931"
"0709","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, prohibits the disclosure of traffic citations from red-light cameras to consumer reporting agencies; prohibits such information from being identified in credit reports.","SB2872"
"0710","Courts, General Sessions","As enacted, clarifies that referees have the power of a trial court and the same authority as the judge directing the case to the referee in Shelby County environmental court.","SB2822"
"0711","Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils","As enacted, defines \"natural gas equipment\" and \"natural gas provider\"; creates limited tort liability for natural gas providers if the proximate cause of the injury or damages was caused by certain acts of the ultimate consumer.","SB2717"
"0712","Education","As enacted, allows county boards of education to use the county's centralized purchasing system to provide a life insurance plan for employees.","SB2648"
"0713","Game and Fish Laws","As enacted, authorizes the issuance of hunting licenses to persons with intellectual disabilities, subject to their attending a hunter education course and hunting in the presence of persons who are hunter-education-certified and licensed to hunt.","SB2403"
"0714","Boards and Commissions","As enacted, requires the commissioner of finance and administration by October 31 of each year to notify the division of regulatory boards and the division of health related boards the amount of board fees to be set for the subsequent fiscal year.","SB2396"
"0715","Physicians and Surgeons","As enacted, alters the definition of a physician in the Preferred Provider Organization Transparency Act to include chiropractic physicians, medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.","SB2353"
"0716","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the soil scientist advisory committee, June 30, 2013.","SB2337"
"0717","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee medical laboratory board, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2311"
"0718","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the council for hearing instrument specialists, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the council.","SB2310"
"0719","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the emergency medical services board, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2309"
"0720","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2308"
"0721","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of examiners for nursing home administrators, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2307"
"0722","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2306"
"0723","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the committee for clinical perfusionists, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the committee.","SB2305"
"0724","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of examiners for architects and engineers, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to the board.","SB2304"
"0725","Sentencing","As enacted, establishes enhanced punishment for crimes of force or violence committed while acting in concert with two or more other persons.","SB2252"
"0726","Sentencing","As enacted, increases the punishment for unlawful possession of firearm by person with previous felony conviction.","SB2250"
"0727","Probation and Parole","As enacted, transfers from board of probation and parole to department of correction certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program.","SB2248"
"0728","Medical Occupations","As enacted, revises various provisions governing emergency medical services; requires licensure instead of certification.","SB2221"
"0729","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, authorizes commissioner of financial institutions to establish a fee by rule for conducting off-site investigation or examination of any mortgage lender, mortgage loan broker, mortgage loan servicer, or mortgage loan originator.","SB2214"
"0730","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, requires the alcoholic beverage commission to report certain information regarding high alcohol content beverages to the state and local government committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 30, 2013.","SB2167"
"0731","Public Contracts","As enacted, clarifies that purchases by and for the legislative department are exempt, subject to the policies of the board of standards, from the operation of the present law provisions governing public purchases.","SB1945"
"0732","Sexual Offenses","As enacted, makes technical changes to clarify the offenses of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor and exploitation of minor by electronic means to make language consistent and to copy from another section definitions for certain undefined terms.","HB2656"
"0733","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, authorizes towing trucks, while in the performance of duties involved with towing an abandoned, immobile, disabled or unattended motor vehicle, to display a white and amber light that is a strobe, flashing, oscillating or revolving system; clarifies use of similar lights on certain other vehicles.","HB2644"
"0734","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of State Route 235 in Dickson County to honor the late Deputy Sheriff Richard Keith Bellar.","HB2475"
"0735","Registers of Deeds","As enacted, permits any county register of deeds instead of present limitation to county register of deeds in Shelby County to assume certain functions and duties if the register receives endorsement from the existing county records commission or county executive.","HB2468"
"0736","Immigration","As enacted, clarifies that a tax form, as such term is used in the part, means any form issued by the United States internal revenue service.","HB2467"
"0737","Arrests","As enacted, enacts the \"Ricky Otts Act\" which requires an officer to arrest drivers involved in accidents resulting in serious bodily injury or death when such drivers lack a valid driver license and evidence of financial responsibility; prohibits the issuance of a citation in lieu of arrest in such circumstances.","HB2466"
"0738","Funeral Directors and Embalmers","As enacted, extends the date from December 31, 2010, to June 30, 2011, for apprentices and mortuary school students to complete all requirements to become licensed by the board as a funeral director or embalmer.","HB2407"
"0739","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on U.S. 127 in Cumberland County in honor of late Frederick A. Hassler, U.S. Army.","HB2292"
"0740","Highway Signs","As enacted, names I-65 overpass in Williamson County in honor of late Lance Corporal Benjamin H. Gearheart.","HB2236"
"0741","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, criminalizes possession, use, transfer or installation of software designed to manipulate retail records of transactions for evading payment of sales tax to the state.","HB2226"
"0742","Beer","As enacted, restores language to clarify that the governmental entity, committee or board that issues a beer permit or license is the governmental entity to revoke or suspend such permit or license.","HB2196"
"0743","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, allows a charitable organization to calculate reserves using the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table and other interest assumption, or other mortality table; allows organization to maintain a separate Tennessee account; allows the commissioner to designate a later time for the organization to submit an audited report.","HB3781"
"0744","Sunset Laws","As enacted, creates sunrise provision for energy efficient schools council, June 30, 2013; directs that members may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested contractor, architectural and engineering groups including, but not limited to, the board for licensing contractors and the board of examiners for architects and engineers.","HB3550"
"0745","Herbal Products and Natural Foods","As enacted, deletes the repeal date of June 30, 2012, of certain provisions regarding sellers of herbs and natural health information exchanges.","HB3518"
"0746","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes FedExFamilyHouse new specialty earmarked license plate; allocates 50 percent of funds produced from sale thereof to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation to be used to support FedExFamilyHouse.","HB3481"
"0747","Lottery, Charitable","As enacted, authorizes formation of a broad-based school foundation, subject to certain conditions, by a school or its administrators or supporters; authorizes school foundations, although not in existence for at least five years, to be 501(c)(3) organizations for purposes of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law; removes requirement that 501(c)(3) organizations wanting to conduct an annual event to raise no more than $5,000 be in existence for five years; extends certain deadline for 2011-2012 annual event period.","HB3323"
"0748","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, authorizes municipal electric system or other governmental utility system to enter into an employment contract for a term not to exceed five years with the superintendent, general manager or chief executive officer of the electric plant.","HB3094"
"0749","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of a Tennessee Sheriffs' Association new specialty earmarked license plate.","HB3026"
"0750","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, specifies that a garagekeeper or towing firm that does not verify ownership of a motor vehicle within three business days after taking possession of such motor vehicle pursuant to law or that does not notify by mail the owner of such motor vehicle within six days after taking possession would not be entitled to receive more than six days of storage-related expenses; provides for civil liability in certain circumstances for a garagekeeper or towing firm that fails to release a motor vehicle to a vehicle owner, secured creditor, lessor or lienholder.","HB3023"
"0751","Traffic Safety","As enacted, requires a local government to include in any new, existing, or renewed contract involving unmanned traffic enforcement cameras that the contract must conform to any changes in state law.","HB2933"
"0752","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 96 in Williamson County in honor of the late Master Sergeant James W. \"Tre\" Ponder III, U.S. Army.","HB2878"
"0753","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, adds the offense of promoting prostitution to the list of sexual offenses requiring registration under the sex offender registry and adds second offense promoting prostitution to the list of violent sexual offenses.","HB2853"
"0754","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 246 in Williamson County in honor of the late Spc. Danny Gale Martin.","HB2793"
"0755","Real Property","As enacted, authorizes any town, city, county, county with a metropolitan government, the state or any not-for-profit to purchase, preserve, and sell development rights.","HB2765"
"0756","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on S.R. 99 in Rutherford County in honor of late Lance Corporal Justin Kyle Lewter.","HB2682"
"0757","Child Labor","As enacted, specifies that no public funds of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall be allocated to the regulation or enforcement of any change made to certain rules regarding the employment of children in an agricultural setting.","HB2669"
"0758","Lottery, Charitable","As enacted, extends the period within which an annual event may be held during the annual event period beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, from within 28 calendar days of the event date listed in the application to within 45 calendar days of the event date listed in the application; makes other various changes to provisions regarding filing deadlines and omnibus lists.","SB1252"
"0759","Statutes and Codification","As enacted, provides that no statutory private right of action is created unless statute contains express language creating the right; prohibits implied rights of action unless certain requirements met, such as fact that there is no controlling statute and action based on common law.","SB2140"
"0760","Employees, Employers","As enacted, establishes criteria for waiver of employee's 30-minute rest break or meal period by persons principally employed in service of food or beverages who receive tips.","SB2625"
"0761","Physicians and Surgeons","As enacted, voids contractual restrictions on a physician's right to practice medicine if such physician is employed independently of a bona fide practice purchase and is terminated by an employing entity for reasons other than breach by the employee.","SB2910"
"0762","Education","As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a model parental involvement contract that may be used by LEAs and to encourage LEAs to enter into voluntary parental involvement contracts with students' parents or guardians.","SB3588"
"0763","Law Enforcement","As enacted, expands, subject to certain restrictions, the private universities or colleges that are permitted to have police forces.","SB2166"
"0764","Controlled Substances","As enacted, rewrites certains provisions regarding the sale and purchase of an immediate methamphetamine precursor.","SB2235"
"0765","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the air pollution control board, June 30, 2015; revises certain provisions regarding appointments to board and qualifications of board members.","SB2341"
"0766","Sentencing","As enacted, makes elected and appointed public officials ineligible for diversion for criminal offenses committed in their official capacity or that involve the duties of their offices.","SB2566"
"0767","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, removes requirement that board for licensing health care facilities report to the Tennessee code commission if the board fails to collect fees in amount sufficient to pay operating costs of board in any fiscal year; retains requirement that such report be sent to government operations committees.","SB2698"
"0768","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends time period for meeting initial issuance requirements for \"I Recycle\" new specialty earmarked license plates until July 1, 2013.","SB2707"
"0769","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of Dogwood Arts new specialty earmarked license plates.","SB2785"
"0770","Child Custody and Support","As enacted, clarifies definitions that apply to parents in the armed forces seeking modification of orders concerning parenting.","SB2844"
"0771","Fire Prevention and Investigation","As enacted, changes references from \"fire tax\" to \"fire and emergency services tax\" in regard to tax that may be levied to assist in funding a county-wide fire department.","SB2870"
"0772","Education","As enacted, requires a special education diploma be awarded to students who have satisfactorily completed an IEP with satisfactory attendance and conduct, but who have not passed the proficiency tests required for graduation with a regular diploma.","SB2900"
"0773","Naming and Designating","As enacted, designates May 2012 as \"Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month.\"","SB3123"
"0774","Education","As enacted, extends deadline for raising matching funds for Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation from June 30, 2012, to December 31, 2012, by delaying reversion of existing appropriation to general fund until  December 31, 2012.","SB3234"
"0775","Local Education Agencies","As enacted, specifies that when reviewing the proposed budget of the county department of education, the county legislative body may only alter or revise the total amount of expenditures as proposed and such alterations or revisions must comply with state law and regulations.","SB3283"
"0776","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends Tennessee motor vehicle commission, June 30, 2016; revises certain provisions governing appointments to the commission.","SB3385"
"0777","Water","As enacted, requires that any public water or waterworks system, which determines to initiate or permanently cease fluoridation of its water supply, shall notify the departments of health and environment and conservation and its customers 30 days prior to any vote.","SB3394"
"0778","Short Term Loans and Lenders","As enacted, requires pawnbrokers to have a computer system in operation to log certain information if so requested by a law enforcement agency.","SB3397"
"0779","Libraries","As enacted, adds Cocke, Hawkins, Hamblen and Hancock counties to the Watauga regional library and changes region's name to the Holston River regional library.","SB3447"
"0780","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge on U.S. 64 in Giles County in honor of the late James E. Wells.","SB3556"
"0781","Students","As enacted, requires LEAs to include in student discipline codes a prohibition on students wearing on school grounds during the school day clothing that exposes underwear or body parts in an indecent manner that disrupts the learning environment.","SB3558"
"0783","Firearms and Ammunition","As enacted, permits retired correctional officers and inmate relations coordinators previously employed by the department of corrections to apply to obtain certification to carry a weapon in this state in the same manner as a retired law enforcement officer obtains certification to carry in this state.","HB3443"
"0784","Education","As enacted, authorizes and encourages LEAs to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations and for-profit and nonprofit entities to devise parental involvement programs that reward schools and classes and honor parents for participating in parenting classes that increase parental involvement in education and schools.","HB3505"
"0785","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates certain segment of State Route 392 within Crossville as the \"Milo Lemert Parkway\".","HB2794"
"0786","General Assembly, Directed Studies","As enacted, enacts the \"Welfare Roll to Payroll Act,\" which directs the commissioner of human services to conduct a summer study that will assess the feasibility of more work friendly assistance eligibility and benefits requirements in order to increase workforce participation.","HB2806"
"0787","Lottery, Scholarships and Programs","As enacted, requires THEC to make recommendations for changes to the lottery scholarship eligibility for GED recipients in light of impending changes to the GED test by the American Council on Education; requires the department of labor and workforce development, with the assistance of the department of education, the state board of education, and THEC to develop and implement a program for individuals who did not graduate from high school that will provide a means, other than the GED, to obtain a credential signifying completion of high school or its equivalent.","HB2861"
"0788","Education, Higher","As enacted, permits certain Tennessee veterans who are students at public institutions of higher education to register for classes prior to the general student population.","HB2961"
"0789","Judges and Chancellors","As enacted, clarifies to which judges certain financial disclosure laws apply; clarifies that newly elected judges may practice law to wind up their practice; revises other provisions governing judges.","HB2978"
"0790","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, allows restaurant to have minimum of 40 seats instead of 75 seats for purpose of selling alcoholic beverages; clarifies that limited service restaurant may sell more than 50 percent food and still qualify for license.","HB3039"
"0791","Special License Plates","As enacted, requires that the license plates for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom be redesigned upon utilization of the existing inventory of the current versions of such plates by the department or revenue; requires that a new license plate be designed and made available to honorably discharged veterans and active members of the U.S. armed forces serving in Operation New Dawn.","HB3214"
"0792","Taxes, Privilege","As enacted, reduces the rate of assessment for the realty recordation tax.","HB3255"
"0793","Trusts","As enacted, includes \"persons\" in definition of \"family member\" for purposes of determining which family members a private trust can do business with while maintaining exemptions from the Banking Act; redefines \"family member\"; revises other provisions.","HB3338"
"0794","Schools, Charter","As enacted, makes charter schools subject to open meetings law; requires charter schools to maintain a web site and post certain notices and information on the web site in certain situations; makes charter school records open records to the same extent as records of public schools operated by LEAs.","HB3539"
"0795","Surveyors","As enacted, authorizes instead of requires that the governor select members of board of land survey examiners from lists of nominees submitted by Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors and other interested surveyor groups.","HB3548"
"0796","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates the segment of U.S. Highway 411 located in the city limits of Madisonville, as the \"LCpl. Franklin 'Frankie' Namon Watson Memorial Highway.\"","HB3570"
"0797","Professions and Occupations","As enacted, revises various provisions of the Locksmith Licensing Act.","HB3581"
"0798","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, revises various references through Tennessee Code Annotated from \"medical malpractice\" to \"health care liability\" and from \"medical malpractice action\" to \"health care liability action\" to conform to the provisions enacted by the 2011 session of the 107th General Assembly in the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011.","HB3717"
"0799","Funeral Directors and Embalmers","As enacted, revises certain provisions governing licenses that become invalid due to nonrenewal; clarifies that the operator of a crematory facility must obtain a permit for cremation of human remains prior to performing a cremation.","HB3792"
"0800","Civil Service","As enacted, enacts the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability, and Management (T.E.A.M.) Act of 2012.","HB2384"
"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"
"0782","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends deadline for Civil War Preservation special license plates to meet minumum order requirement; authorizes issuance of Music City Alumni Chapter of Western Kentucky University; names segment of of State Route 68 in Monroe County the \"Bob 'Single Wing' Harrill Memorial Highway\".","SB0673"
"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"
"0901","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, requires the achievement school district to adopt an appropriate dress code for its professional employees.","HB2222"
"0902","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding tort actions and damages.","HB2161"
"0903","Highway Patrol","As enacted, authorizes certain retirees of the highway patrol to retain their badge and service weapon and require that such persons be issued a retired commission card.","HB1069"
"0904","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, requires department of labor and workforce development to implement an Internet-based system that allows employers to receive notices electronically and to submit separation information electronically; requires more information be included on unemployment insurance tax statement at request of employer.","HB3429"
"0905","Education","As enacted, requires local boards of education to develop and implement an evaluation plan to be used annually for the director of schools; authorizes certain municipalities to request county election commission to conduct a referendum regarding creation of new school in certain circumstances.","HB1105"
"0906","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, authorizes the provision of emergency medical services by providers in contiguous counties in certain circumstances.","SB0068"
"0907","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, prohibits a passenger whose feet are not on footpegs from being on motorcycle.","SB0074"
"0908","Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration","As enacted, clarifies that persons who reside in counties that do not require the display of a motor vehicle privilege tax decal on their license plates are not required to display any such decal.","SB0668"
"0909","Schools, Charter","As enacted, specifies that charter schools may promote or retain students based upon the students' demonstrated skills on the TCAP tests or upon their grades.","SB2156"
"0910","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense of knowingly or recklessly maiming or harming a service animal and the Class C misdemeanor of interfering with a service dog in the performance of its duties and provides for restitution to the handler of the dog.","SB2179"
"0911","Controlled Substances","As enacted, adds offenses the conviction of which requires the offender to be on the methamphetamine registry, makes registry retroactive and revises procedure by which methamphetamine-related convictions are transmitted to TBI from clerk's office.","SB2190"
"0912","Welfare","As enacted, revises provisions governing eligibility for temporary assistance; makes provision of transportation assistance discretionary instead of mandatory.","SB2224"
"0913","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, creates a rebuttable presumption that when an applicant for or party to an insurance contract signs an application, amendment, or other document stating the type, amount, or terms and conditions of coverage, the statements provided by the signatory bind all insureds under the contract and that the signatory has read, understands, and accepts the contents of the signed document; creates a rebuttable presumption that when an insured pays a premium the coverage provided has been accepted by all insureds under the contract.","SB2271"
"0914","Purchasing","As enacted, revises provisions regarding cooperative purchasing agreements and county government purchasing in regard to the utilization of pricing discounts.","SB2289"
"0915","Controlled Substances","As enacted, adds to the list of persons that may receive information from the controlled substance database any quality improvement committee of a licensed hospital, as part of the committee's confidential and privileged activities with respect to the evaluation, supervision or discipline of a healthcare provider employed by the hospital or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, who is known or suspected by the hospital's administrator to be prescribing controlled substances for the prescriber's personal use.","SB2407"
"0916","Health, Dept. of","As enacted, enacts \"The Henry Granju Act,\" which creates new reporting requirements related to drug overdoses.","SB2416"
"0917","Guardianship","As enacted, makes the charging of costs against the respondent's estate permissive rather than mandatory when a conservator is appointed; adds to the requirements for the information that must be included in a petition for the appointment of a conservator.","SB2519"
"0918","Education","As enacted, requires that an interest inventory be available to all public middle schoolers or ninth graders and to all public college students beginning with their freshman year to assist the students in career decisions; requires the LEAs and post secondary institutions to annually send summary data obtained from the interest inventories and personality profiles administered under the bill to the state board of education.","SB2591"
"0919","DUI Offenses","As enacted, increases penalty for violation of DUI statute when child under 18 is in the vehicle to require that the mandatory minimum 30-day sentence for this offense be served consecutive to any sentence received for a violation of specified other alcohol-related offenses.","SB2607"
"0920","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs and Wilson County - The Place to Be! special license plates; extends deadline for National Civil Rights Museum and Tennessee veterans special license plates to meet minimum order requirement.","SB2617"
"0921","Correction, Dept. of","As enacted, requires the department of correction to study how to reduce the state's correctional healthcare costs.","SB2712"
"0922","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, codifies the liability of a landowner to a trespasser.","SB2719"
"0923","Economic and Community Development","As enacted, requires the state agency responsible for processing applications for grant funds relating to workforce development to accept electronic signatures in the same manner as it accepts physical signatures.","SB2727"
"0924","Controlled Substances","As enacted, permits county medical examiners to access the controlled substance database, absolves civil and criminal liability for authorized users acting in good faith within the proscribed limits, and establishes a presumption of good faith action where a medical examiner accesses the information for the purpose of conducting an investigation into a death or making a report as required by the duties of the position.","SB2776"
"0925","General Assembly","As enacted, corrects references remaining in TCA to oversight committees that were abolished by Chapter 410 of the Public Acts of 2011.","SB2784"
"0926","Malpractice","As enacted, specifies that upon the filing of any healthcare liability action, the named defendant may petition the court for a qualified protective order allowing the defendant and their attorneys the right to obtain protected health information during interviews, outside the presence of claimant or claimant's counsel, with the relevant patient's treating healthcare providers.","SB2789"
"0927","Public Works Projects","As enacted, revises the provisions governing the threshold for public works that require a registered architect, registered engineer, or registered landscape architect.","SB2871"
"0928","Judgments","As enacted, requires that, if a court wrongly grants a default decision imposing an obligation for child support from or against an eligible individual protected under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the court must issue an order to the individual receiving funds that the funds be returned and reimbursed.","SB2911"
"0929","Corporations, For Profit","As enacted, revises and adds to the considerations that the attorney general must make when deciding whether to object to a proposed public benefit hospital conveyance transaction.","SB2912"
"0930","Jails, Local Lock-ups","As enacted, directs the board of the Tennessee corrections institute to establish criteria for determining whether to waive the minimum qualification standards to employ a jail administrator, workhouse administrator, jailer, corrections officer or guard in county jail or workhouse; and prohibits waivers for employees dishonorably discharged from the military, suffering from mental illness, convicted of domestic assault or any felony conviction.","SB2920"
"0931","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, provides that as part of a defendant's alternative sentencing for a violation of domestic assault, the sentencing judge may direct the defendant to complete a drug or alcohol treatment program or available counseling programs that address violence and control issues including, but not limited to, a batterer's intervention program that has been certified by the domestic violence state coordinating council.","SB2988"
"0932","Drugs, Prescription","As enacted, requires the board of pharmacy to publish a list of opioid drugs incorporating tamper or abuse resistance properties.","SB3003"
"0933","Board of Regents","As enacted, allows the court to award back pay to a tenured faculty member whose dismissal the court finds was not appropriate.","SB3023"
"0934","Education","As enacted, authorizes local boards of education to receive federal or private grants for educational purposes; specifies the process for the making of such grants.","SB3044"
"0935","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, defines \"Public Safety Answering Point\" or \"PSAP\" to mean a facility that receives 911 calls and routes them to emergency services personnel.","SB3061"
"0936","Public Contracts","As enacted, revises provisions governing the extension of a contract to provide correctional services.","SB3096"
"0937","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, creats a credit against the excise tax for a qualifying environmental project, which is a project in which the taxpayer makes an investment in excess of $100 million to eliminate mercury from the manufacturing process and operations of one or more existing chlor-alkali manufacturing and ancillary facilities and equipment in the state.","SB3174"
"0938","State Employees","As enacted, allows state employee upon retirement to keep such employee's photo identification card issued by the state; requires sticker or other designation to be placed on the card; specifies such card may be used as valid photo id for voting purposes.","SB3195"
"0939","Pensions and Retirement Benefits","As enacted, creates additional plans through which political subdivisions of the state may participate in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS).","SB3216"
"0940","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, specifies that a discharge from employment will be deemed to be a discharge for misconduct connected with the claimant's work, which disqualifies the discharged employee from eligibility for unemployment benefits in connection with the job from which the employee was discharged, when it results after a claimant entered into a written agreement with an employer to obtain a license or certification by a specified date as a condition of employment and subsequently the claimant willfully fails without good cause to obtain such license or certification by the specified date.","SB3241"
"0941","Pensions and Retirement Benefits","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding investment of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) assets.","SB3262"
"0942","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, changes requirements for federal home loan banks in regard to the issuance of letters of credit as eligible collateral for public funds to require that the banks be rated \"investment grade\" by at least one nationally recognized securities rating service instead of being rated in the highest category by at least two nationally recognized securities rating services.","SB3217"
"0943","Courts","As enacted, directs the administrative office of the courts (AOC) to study the feasibility of establishing specialized veterans' courts in Tennessee.","SB3222"
"0944","Industrial Development","As enacted, includes land, improvements, and machinery used or suitable for use in the production, treatment, processing, or transportation of biofuels and other similar products in the definition of \"project\" under the provisions governing projects by industrial development corporations.","SB3233"
"0945","Dentists and Dentistry","As enacted, revises various provisions governing dental hygienists.","SB3269"
"0946","Comptroller, State","As enacted, requires any state agency having determined that a theft, forgery, credit card fraud or any other intentional act of unlawful or unauthorized taking, or abuse of public money, property, services, or, that other cash shortages have occurred in the state agency, must report the information to the office of the comptroller of the treasury.","SB3331"
"0947","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding the selling of alcoholic beverages, such as revising present law regarding tastings of complimentary samples of alcoholic beverages and revising present law regarding the privilege taxes on limited service restaurants, among other provisions.","SB3358"
"0948","Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration","As enacted, includes mini-trucks in the definition of medium-speed vehicles; allows mini-trucks to be titled and registered as medium-speed vehicles.","SB3403"
"0949","State Employees","As enacted, provides that the disciplinary counsel for the court of the judiciary is a state employee for purposes of defense by the attorney general when a civil action is commenced for an act or omission performed during the course of duties for the court of judiciary.","SB3594"
"0950","Sentencing","As enacted, requires that a person convicted of committing a dangerous felony involving a firearm who is subsequently convicted of the same serve a minimum of 15 years imprisonment at 100 percent.","SB3629"
"0951","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, clarifies that a defendant cannot get records expunged if convicted of an offense other than the charged offense or convicted of one offense in a multi-count indictment, including lesser included offenses.","SB3642"
"0952","State Government","As enacted, authorizes certain departments, boards and other governmental entities to allow holders of licenses, certifications or registrations to be notified by electronic mail of renewals, fee increases and changes in the law and of any meeting where changes in rules or fees are on the agenda.","SB3644"
"0953","Judges and Chancellors","As enacted, requires speakers to appoint all nine members of the judicial evaluation commission since the judicial council no longer exists.","SB3652"
"0954","Game and Fish Laws","As enacted, enacts the \"Hunter Wright Hunting and Fishing Act,\" which authorizes the director of the TWRA to issue an annual sport combination hunting and fishing license upon payment of a $5.00 fee to Tennessee residents who are minors and who are disabled.","SB3655"
"0955","Election Laws","As enacted, authorizes recognized minor party the option to nominate all offices by primary or by rules of the party; if they nominate by primary election, the petition for recognition must be filed by the qualifying deadline; if they nominate by any other means, the petition for recognition must be filed 90 days prior to the general election; revises other provisions relating to candidates.","SB3700"
"0956","Education, Higher","As enacted, requires that an application for a position of chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education, materials submitted with an application, letters of recommendation or references concerning an applicant, and any other records or information relating to or arising out of the process of searching for and selecting an individual for a position of chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education be treated as confidential and not open for public inspection, if the records could be used to identify a candidate for the position; enacts other provisions regarding information for such candidates.","SB3751"
"0957","State Government","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the Tennessee Local Development Authority and its authority to allocate on behalf of the state the portion of the \"national qualified energy conservation bond limitation,\" as defined in federal law, that is allocated to the state.","SB3759"
"0958","Public Employees","As enacted, creates a presumption that HIV acquired by emergency medical worker was suffered in the line of duty unless the contrary is shown by preponderance of the evidence.","SB0720"
"0959","Parks, Natural Areas Preservation","As enacted, authorizes the appropriation of the yearly interest and earnings of the natural resources trust fund for reimbursement of greenbelt rollback taxes assessed against a county or municipal government as the result of acquisition of land for a park; if the land is not used as a park for 10 years or more, the county or municipality must repay the amount of the reimbursement to the fund.","SB0948"
"0960","Courts","As enacted, provides that on or before October 1, 2012, any person who provides satisfactory proof that such person graduated from a court reporting program in this state prior to January 1, 2012, will be licensed to practice as a court reporter.","SB1197"
"0961","Physicians and Surgeons","As enacted, establishes requirements for the supervision of nurses and physician assistants by certain physicians when engaged in interventional pain management.","SB1935"
"0962","Education","As enacted, revises various provisions governing school accountability and achievement school district.","SB2208"
"0963","Human Services, Dept. of","As enacted, directs the commissioner to develop a plan for Tennessee to assist in rehabilitating victims of human trafficking.","SB2370"
"0964","Beer","As enacted, requires beer boards to file annual reports with the alcoholic beverage commission concerning certain information.","SB2420"
"0965","DNA and Genetic Testing","As enacted, adds five homicide offenses to the list of violent offenses for which a DNA sample is taken and stored in the database upon arrest rather than conviction.","SB2667"
"0966","Public Officials","As enacted, revises and enacts provisions governing public officials receiving a benefit not otherwise authorized by law.","SB2788"
"0967","Education, Higher","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding cooperative innovative programs.","SB2809"
"0968","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, removes obsolete provisions; creates license for military personnel living abroad to ship wine to this state.","SB2845"
"0969","Professions and Occupations","As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions governing scrap metal dealers.","SB2895"
"0970","Municipal Government","As enacted, specifies that from and after the effective date of the transfer of the administration of the schools in a special school district to the county board of education pursuant to present law, then the restrictions on the creation of new municipal school districts will no longer apply with such a county.","SB2908"
"0971","Health Care","As enacted, revises provisions governing the long-term care system.","SB2929"
"0972","Fees","As enacted, creates the local correctional officer training fund through the collection of a 10-cent fee for each completed telephone call or other electronic communication made by inmates housed in local jails or workhouses.","SB3207"
"0973","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, requires that a family life education curriculum comply with certain restrictions.","SB3310"
"0974","Public Officials","As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds required of certain public officials.","SB3330"
"0975","Taxes, Hotel Motel","As enacted, authorizes the city of Newport to impose a tax on the privilege of occupancy.","SB3458"
"0976","Education, Higher","As enacted, provides that nothing in present law regarding vocational services for the blind/blind vendors will limit the ability of an institution that is governed by the University of Tennessee or the state university and college system to contract for food services (cafeterias, restaurants, food courts and catering services) in new buildings or on new campuses provided that a site suitable to the institution, after consultation with the department, is also made available for a blind vendor to manage and operate automated vending machines and/or a counter service as jointly agreed to by the institution and department in the new building or on the new campus.","SB3503"
"0977","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, authorizes the county legislative body to set the fee for participation in the litter removal program by first-time DUI offenders and permits the judge to find a person indigent for purposes of paying that fee.","SB3513"
"0978","Health Care","As enacted, revises various provisions governing adult care home providers in regard to traumatic brain injury.","SB3535"
"0979","Taxes, Real Property","As enacted, allows notice by delivery service alternatives to certified or registered mail, return receipt requested as authorized by federal law in regard to notice to a taxpayer of a tax lien suit.","SB3596"
"0980","Environment and Conservation, Department of","As enacted, requires the commissioner to prepare semiannual permitting efficiency reports that include statistics on whether the department has timely acted on permit applications pursuant to the appropriate rule, beginning in 2013.","SB3653"
"0981","Tattoos and Piercings","As enacted, revises and enacts provisions governing the tattooing of minors.","SB3663"
"0982","Clerks, Court","As enacted, authorizes certain counties to levy a $1.00 litigation tax on each petition, warrant and citation to fund victim-offender mediation centers and initiatives.","SB3743"
"0983","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability for injuries to an ice skater for ice skating rink operators, in certain circumstances; does not limit the liability of an ice skating rink operator who engages in behavior that amounts to gross negligence, or willful or wanton conduct.","HB0182"
"0984","Municipal Government","As enacted, revises the municipal gas system tax equivalent law.","HB1376"
"0985","Fire Prevention and Investigation","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Prescribed Burning Act.\"","HB1572"
"0986","State Government","As enacted, revises various provisions governing the structure of certain state agencies, committees, boards and commissions.","HB2387"
"0987","Sentencing","As enacted, revises punishment for convictions for domestic assault.","HB2389"
"0988","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of environment and conservation, June 30, 2015.","HB2506"
"0989","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of general services, June 30, 2017.","HB2513"
"0990","Education","As enacted, requires schools to notify parents, by way of student handbooks or policy guidebooks, of school-associated extracurricular activities and gives parents the opportunity to prohibit their child from participating.","HB2548"
"0991","Education","As enacted, with certain exceptions, requires that children entering kindergarten be five years of age on or before August 31 for the 2013-2014 school year and on or before August 15 for all school years thereafter; if the director of schools finds through evaluation and testing, at the request of the parent or legal guardian, that a child who is five years of age on or before September 30 is sufficiently mature emotionally and academically, then the child may be permitted to enter kindergarten.","HB2566"
"0992","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, revises certain criminal provisions and requirements for schools in regard to bullying and harassment.","HB2641"
"0993","Wildlife Resources Commission","As enacted, replaces the Tennessee wildlife resources commission (TWRC) with a 13-member fish and wildlife commission.","HB2776"
"0994","Bail, Bail Bonds","As enacted, requires persons who have previously failed to appear in court as scheduled to post money or real estate as security for a bail bond.","HB2812"
"0995","Election Laws","As enacted, specifies that for a municipal election not held in conjunction with any other election, if a polling place is located outside of the boundaries of a municipality but the precinct the polling place serves includes residents of the municipality, then the election commission may designate a polling place outside, but closest to the geographic precinct within the limits of the municipality, the precinct it is to serve.","HB2844"
"0996","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, provides that if a sexual offender is not incarcerated at the time of sentencing, the offender is to report to a probation officer for the purpose of giving a DNA specimen; provides that cost of sample is to be paid by the offender.","HB2854"
"0997","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, specifies that when a court orders a defendant charged with a misdemeanor to be evaluated for insanity or mental illness, the court must also order that any inpatient evaluation be completed within 30 days of admission to the facility.","HB2962"
"0998","Clerks, Court","As enacted, authorizes clerks with electronic filing systems to charge $120 for each registered user of the system and to institute an 8-cent per page copy transaction fee; fee not applicable to the state; specifies that in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers has been authorized by local court rule, the state and any department or contractor of the state would not be required to file documents electronically, notwithstanding any local court rule.","HB3051"
"0999","Education","As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding virtual schools.","HB3062"
"1000","Naming and Designating","As enacted, names field house at York Institute in honor of Charles Joseph Vaughn.","HB3093"
"1001","Libraries","As enacted, authorizes a city in a county not participating in a region to join the state regional system as related to state purchasing contracts with approval by the secretary of state; requires the secretary of state to assess fees from participating cities for any additional cost of services under the state contracts.","HB3270"
"1002","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, authorizes county legislative body to allow trustees to invest funds in state intermediate-term investment fund; specifies that any entity that is eligible to participate in the pooled investment fund may participate in the state intermediate-term investment fund.","HB3276"
"1003","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for an individual to either: knowingly prevent another individual from placing a telephone call to 911 or from requesting assistance in an emergency from a law enforcement agency, medical facility, or other agency or entity the primary purpose of which is to provide for the safety of individuals; or intentionally render unusable a telephone that would otherwise be used by another individual to place a telephone call to 911 or to request assistance in an emergency from a law enforcement agency, medical facility, or other agency or entity, the primary purpose of which is to provide for the safety of individuals.","HB3365"
"1004","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 385 in Shelby and Fayette counties as \"Governor Winfield Dunn Parkway.\"","HB3373"
"1005","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, authorizes the Inn at Long Branch on Dale Hollow Lake in Clay County to obtain a license as a premier type tourist resort; authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages from on-premises consumption at the Oliver Hotel in Knox County; changes the meal criteria for the Buffalo River Resort so that such establishment will be required to have food available rather than being required to serve meals at least four days on a weekly basis in order to qualify as a premier type tourist resort.","HB3381"
"1006","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, revises definitions of fetus as victim for criminal homicide and assaults to remove viability requirement and include an embryo and remove reference to victim being pregnant; revises legislative intent statement.","HB3517"
"1007","Naming and Designating","As enacted, names pathway surrounding Tennessee Bicentennial Mall in honor of Andrea Conte.","HB3727"
"1008","Abortion","As enacted, enacts the \"Life Defense Act of 2012,\" which requires that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges in hospital within certain area of where abortion performed.","HB3808"
"1009","Education","As enacted, deletes certain provisions regarding Tennessee Challenge 2000; implements certain reporting requirements on THEC regarding an education fact book; revises certain other provisions relating to THEC and higher education.","SB1180"
"1010","Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities","As enacted, revises various provisions governing the licensing of facilities and personal support services agencies for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.","SB2225"
"1011","Bail, Bail Bonds","As enacted, declares a defendant who is unlawfully present in the United States and has committed certain traffic violations may be deemed a risk of flight for bail purposes; authorizes clerks to set bail for such defendants at a higher amount than normally permitted.","SB2604"
"1012","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, prohibits a director of schools and board of education from using abolition of a position as a method of avoiding dismissal charges against a teacher and the accompanying due process rights attaching to the status of tenure.","SB2693"
"1013","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, entitles a claimant to a refund of the state and local sales and use tax paid by the claimant to retailers as a result of the claimant's purchases of major appliances, residential furniture, or residential building supplies that are used in the claimant's primary residence to replace, repair, or restore such items that were damaged or destroyed in a federally declared natural disaster in this state occurring on or after January 1, 2012.","SB2701"
"1014","Education, Dept. of","As enacted, requires that certain information regarding advanced placement courses and dual enrollment courses be included in commissioner's annual report.","SB2866"
"1015","Liens","As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor for any person, including any individual or entity, to knowingly prepare, sign, or file any lien or other document with the intent to encumber any real or personal property when such person has no reasonable basis or any legal cause to place such lien or encumbrance on such real or personal property.","SB2890"
"1016","Children","As enacted, states that training for guardians ad litem shall include early childhood, child and adolescent development provided by a qualified professional; requires permanency hearings for children in foster care to be held within 12 months of previous permanency hearing.","SB2957"
"1017","Children","As enacted, requires petitions in juvenile court cases to list the legal parents and any persons alleged to be the biological father of the child; requires a copy of the summons in such cases be sent to the legal parents and any persons alleged to be the biological father of the child.","SB2958"
"1018","Local Education Agencies","As enacted, requires local board of education to approve budget for operation of county schools after the county legislative body's approval in accordance with Local Option Budgeting Law of 1993.","SB2967"
"1019","Water Pollution","As enacted, authorizes municipal separate storm sewer systems that become qualified local programs pursuant to department approval to administer their own NPDES storm water construction permitting programs and the review thereof.","SB3187"
"1020","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, specifies that a teacher may not teach a course in which an end of course examination is required for students to satisfy graduation requirements set by the state board of education, if the teacher's license does not carry a subject specific endorsement for the subject area of the course, unless the teacher demonstrates sufficient content knowledge in the course material by taking, at the teacher's own expense, and passing a standardized or criterion-referenced test for the content area.","SB3341"
"1021","Schools, Charter","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding public charter schools.","SB3553"
"1022","Special License Plates","As enacted, directs the legend of animal friendly new specialty license plates to bear \"Spay/Neuter\"; plates to be issued only after exhaustion of existing stock.","SB3567"
"1023","Ethics","As enacted, requires members of local and regional planning commissions to file disclosure statements of conflict of interests with Tennessee ethics commission.","SB3649"
"1024","Bond Issues","As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes in amounts not to exceed $381,900,000.","HB3836"
"1025","Budget Procedures","As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for the 2011-2012 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $250,000,000 or 2.01 percent.","HB3837"
"1026","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, revises various provisions of law in order to reconcile present law with the annual appropriations act, including establishing a mechanism to provide supplemental funding to counties for improvement of juvenile court services and removing obsolete provisions concerning the appointment of dentists at certain institutions.","HB3839"
"1027","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, provides that a person may be prosecuted, tried and punished for producing obscene material, sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor or especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, no later than 25 years from the date the child becomes 18 years of age.","HB2278"
"1028","Appropriations","As enacted, makes appropriations for the purpose of funding certain rate and co-payment adjustments in the TennCare program.","HB2383"
"1029","Appropriations","As enacted, makes appropriations for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012.","HB3835"
"1030","Workers Compensation","As enacted, clarifies that either party in a workers compensation dispute may bring suit in the county in which the employee resided at the time of the injury when issues remain after the benefit review conference; reduces from $100 to $50.00 the maximum amount that the secretary of state may charge for certain fees concerning construction service providers and workers compensation.","SB2923"
"1031","State Government","As enacted, places the Doe Mountain recreation authority under the governmental entity review requirements by scheduling the authority to sunset on June 30, 2014; schedules the board of appeals for the department of human resources to sunset on June 30, 2014; schedules the civil service commission to terminate and cease to exist on April 1, 2013; replaces the present law requirement that the TennCare bureau competitively procure an annual study designed to accurately assess the cost of dispensing a prescription in a retail or community pharmacy setting to a TennCare enrollee with a requirement that the TennCare bureau annually report to the house health and human resources committee and the senate health and welfare committee concerning pharmacy benefits under TennCare.","HB0651"
"1032","Sheriffs","As enacted, increases certain fees sheriffs and constables may collect.","HB0991"
"1033","Regional Authorities and Special Districts","As enacted, reconstitutes the board of directors for the Four Lake regional industrial development authority and makes certain other changes concerning the management of the authority.","HB1013"
"1034","County Government","As enacted, authorizes the county legislative body of a county that has enacted county-wide zoning to create a design review committee (DRC).","HB1075"
"1035","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, including provisions concerning tourism developments zones and certain alcohol sales in Monroe and Robertson counties.","HB1171"
"1036","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, requires LEAs to implement a project-based assessment in civics at least once in grades 4-8 and at least once in grades 9-12.","HB2114"
"1037","Election Laws","As enacted, allows persons age 60 and older to vote absentee upon request, instead of age 65 and older; effective until July 1, 2017.","HB2174"
"1038","Economic and Community Development","As enacted, clarifies purposes of FastTrack programs; requires certain reports be submitted to secretary of state; revises other provisions governing The Tennessee Job Growth Act of 2005.","HB2344"
"1039","Clerks, Court","As enacted, increases by $2.00 the filing fee charged by clerks and data fee entry chargeable by clerks, except in certain cases brought by the state and state agencies; increase only effective until July 1, 2016, unless continued by general assembly.","HB2633"
"1040","DUI Offenses","As enacted, authorizes judge to order the use of an ignition interlock device for any person granted a restricted driver license; order may be with or without geographical restrictions, but if the device is ordered, then it must remain on the vehicle during the entire period of the restricted license.","HB2749"
"1041","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, increases the records expunction fee that is payable after completing diversion from $50.00 to $350, expands the purposes for which the diversion fee may be used and implements a new $100 fee that must be paid when requesting diversion.","HB2774"
"1042","Child Custody and Support","As enacted, creates a new ground for initiating the termination of parental or guardianship rights that can be brought by one parent against the other parent based on the commission of severe child sexual abuse by such other parent.","HB2847"
"1043","Judgments","As enacted, revises provisions governing interest rates on judgments.","HB2982"
"1044","Education","As enacted, establishes a four-year parental involvement pilot program in the school system with the most schools in the achievement school district (ASD); limited to schools operated by the ASD that serve grades K-3 or any combination thereof.","HB2994"
"1045","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, authorizes a commercially-operated recreational facility that meets certain characteristics to qualify as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; authorizes a restaurant around Center Hill Lake in DeKalb county that meets certain criteria to qualify as a premier type tourist resort.","HB3119"
"1046","Civil Procedure","As enacted, requires the court in a civil case, on a trial court's granting of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, to award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees incurred in the proceedings as a consequence of the dismissed claims to the party against whom the dismissed claims were pending.","HB3124"
"1047","Fairs","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Act.\"","HB3208"
"1048","Fines and Penalties","As enacted, requires that in addition to the other penalties for reckless driving or reckless endangerment, the court will assess a fine of $50.00 to be collected into dedicated county fund and distributed from such fund for specific purposes.","HB3218"
"1049","Agriculture","As enacted, revises various provisions of the Agriculture Commodities Promotion Act, including provisions requiring certain reports by purchasers and provisions governing the membership of the beef promotion board.","HB3263"
"1050","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, enacts the \"Unemployment Insurance Accountability Act of 2012.\"","HB3431"
"1051","Business Organizations","As enacted, revises multiple provisions of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act.","HB3459"
"1052","Taxes, Litigation","As enacted, imposes additional $2.00 litigation tax on criminal charges instituted in general sessions court in counties served by judicial commissioner; creates judicial commissioner continuing education account; subject to appropriation, authorizes moneys in fund to be utilized for development and presentation of continuing education programs; act not applicable in Robertson County.","HB3604"
"1053","Consumer Protection","As enacted, adds \"engaging in a ponzi scheme\" and \"making fraudulent statements or intentional omissions in order to induce a consumer to sell securities or other things of value to fund an annuity product or other form of investment\" to the list of unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Consumer Protection Act.","HB3659"
"1054","Education, Higher","As enacted, eliminates certain reporting duties of higher education institutions and governing boards; eliminates requirement that applicants for certain positions in residence halls pay for background checks; requires board of regents employees to receive longevity payments with their regular paychecks.","HB3665"
"1055","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, revises provisions governing compensation to exonerated persons.","HB3671"
"1056","Victims' Rights","As enacted, increases from $1.00 to $3.00, effective July 1, 2012,  the litigation tax collected for deposit in the statewide automated victim information and notification system fund.","HB3673"
"1057","Taxes, Inheritance Gift","As enacted, increases the maximum allowable exemption from the inheritance tax incrementally over next three years; eliminates the inheritance tax beginning in 2016.","HB3760"
"1058","Taxes, Sales","As enacted, reduces the state sales tax on food and food ingredients from 5.5 percent to 5.25 percent.","HB3761"
"1059","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends the time within which the minimum initial order of 1,000 Historic Collierville new specialty earmarked license plates may be made, before authorization for the issuance of such plates becomes invalid, from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2013.","SB0239"
"1060","Mental Illness","As enacted, creates a pilot project in Knox County for up to two years for a maximum of 10 patients at any given time to receive assisted outpatient treatment.","SB0420"
"1061","Immigration","As enacted, enacts the \"Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act.\"","SB1325"
"1062","Local Government, General","As enacted, adds a \"family recreation center\" to the list of establishments within 1,000 feet of which an adult-oriented establishment or adult cabaret is prohibited from locating.","SB1329"
"1063","Alcoholic Beverage Commission","As enacted, allows commission to assess costs for administrative hearings; revises certain requirements for servers permit.","SB1493"
"1064","Capitol","As enacted, creates David Crockett commission to oversee erection of monument or statue honoring David Crockett.","SB1504"
"1065","Schools, Charter","As enacted, authorizes an LEA to be the sponsor of a charter school; if an LEA seeks to sponsor a charter school, then the state board of education would serve as the chartering authority.","SB1688"
"1066","Tobacco, Tobacco Products","As enacted, specifies that for purposes of the present tobacco tax law, \"cigarette\" includes any cigarette produced by a cigarette rolling machine at a retail establishment; adds various requirements regarding such cigarettes and rolling machines operators.","SB1738"
"1067","Administrative Procedure (UAPA)","As enacted, specifies, with certain exceptions, that new fee or fee increase promulgated by state agency rule in accordance with UAPA will take effect on the July 1 following the expiration of the 90-days after filing with the secretary of state.","SB1878"
"1068","Employees, Employers","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Works Act of 2012.\"","SB2129"
"1069","Public Employees","As enacted, requires the local government insurance committee and the local education insurance committee to provide for the financing of the health insurance plan for employees of local governments and quasi-governmental organizations and the group insurance plan for eligible employees of local education agencies, respectively, and determine premiums, co-payments, benefit levels, and the disposition of government grants and subsidies to assist in the funding and provision of health insurance for enrolled individuals.","SB2212"
"1070","Tennessee Regulatory Authority","As enacted, changes the membership of the authority to be five part-time directors instead of four full-time directors; sets the salaries of such directors; revises other provisions regarding the Authority.","SB2247"
"1071","Driver Licenses","As enacted, allows persons 60 years of age or older who elected to obtain a nonphoto beaing license prior to January 1, 2013, to retain and renew such license.","SB2267"
"1072","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, authorizes the issuance of licenses to teach in grades nine through 12 to persons who have taught at a postsecondary education institution, the students of which are eligible for lottery funded scholarships; such a license will only authorize the licensee to teach in the subject area in which the licensee taught at the higher education institution.","SB2302"
"1073","Sexual Offenses","As enacted, enacts \"Kimberlee's Law,\" which requires that persons convicted of aggravated rape serve 100 percent of sentence.","SB2349"
"1074","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, enhances the penalty for involuntary labor servitude where the victim was under age 13 and adds means by which the crime is possible.","SB2368"
"1075","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, clarifies that the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act is Class A felony if the victim is a child under 15 years of age; adds that the offense is a Class A felony if the offense occurs on the grounds or facilities or within 1,000 feet of a public or private school, secondary school, preschool, child care agency, public library, recreational center or public park; adds Class C felony of advertising commercial sexual abuse of a minor; clarifies certain sex offender registry provisions.","SB2371"
"1076","Sexual Offenses","As enacted, enhances the criminal classification of the offenses of indecent exposure and stalking when committed by a sexual offender.","SB2438"
"1077","Education","As enacted, makes the Move on When Ready Act inapplicable in Williamson County.","SB2484"
"1078","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, extends the sales and use tax exemption for repair and refurbishment services with respect to airplanes and airplane components and parts that are situated outside Tennessee and removed from Tennessee within 15 days from the completion of the repair or refurbishment services with respect to the airplanes or airplane components are performed pursuant to and by an authorized service facility designated by an original equipment manufacturer for such service with respect to aircraft qualifying as \"T","SB2560"
"1079","Welfare","As enacted, requires the department of human services to develop a plan to implement a program of suspicion-based drug testing for each applicant who is otherwise eligible for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).","SB2580"
"1080","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, creates new Class A felony theft provision if the amount stolen is 250,000 or more; allows state to aggregate value of property stolen in certain circumstances; and changes venue for all offenses graded by value.","SB2606"
"1081","Professions and Occupations","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Professional Employer Organization Act.\"","SB2633"
"1082","Comptroller, State","As enacted, authorizes the comptroller to access, for the purpose of conducting audits or program evaluations, the discount, rebate, pricing and descriptions of other financial agreements as submitted in a procurement or as a report to the contractor; specifies that no official, employee or agent of the state may release or provide for the release, in any form, of information subject to confidential custody under present law.","SB2699"
"1083","State Government","As enacted, requires the state architect to allocate energy efficient commercial building tax deductions from the IRS to persons designing such buildings.","SB2735"
"1084","Animal Cruelty and Abuse","As enacted, creates Class E felony of aggravated cruelty to livestock, which is intentionally engaging in specified conduct in a depraved and sadistic manner that results in serious bodily injury or death to the animal and is done without lawful or legitimate purpose.","SB2759"
"1085","Taxes, Inheritance Gift","As enacted, eliminates the gift tax effective January 1, 2012; does not absolve taxpayer of any liability for tax duly imposed prior to January 1, 2012.","SB2777"
"1086","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, enacts the \"Traumatic Brain Injury Residential Home Act of 2012.\"","SB2816"
"1087","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, authorizes property tax relief for spouses of veterans whose deaths resulted from being deployed in support of peace operations.","SB2863"
"1088","Fees","As enacted, clarifies provisions regarding forfeitures of a cash bond or other surety as the result of a municipal traffic violation being transmitted to the TBI.","SB2886"
"1089","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, states that coverage made available in plans under the Memphis Plan Act of 1991 shall constitute minimum essential health coverage for purposes of compliance with certain federal minimum coverage requirements; specifies that operation consistent with the present law standards described in the Memphis Plan Act of 1991 would create a presumption that the operating entity is a \"health care sharing ministry\" under federal law regarding minimum essential coverage.","SB2943"
"1090","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, includes the commission of or attempt to commit a criminal gang offense within the definition of racketeering activity and enterprise for purposes of the Racketeer and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO).","SB3005"
"1091","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person 18 years of age or older to knowingly promote or organize a gathering of two or more minors in a public place with the intent to provide a location for such minors to engage in public indecency; any personal property used in the commission of a violation of this offense would, upon conviction, be subject to judicial forfeiture.","SB3092"
"1092","Tourism","As enacted, revises various provisions of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act.","SB3106"
"1093","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding the reporting of medical treatment for sexual assault or domestic abuse.","SB3145"
"1094","Education","As enacted, requires the department of education to establish within the school system with the most schools operated by the achievement school district (ASD) a four-year pilot program of assessment of kindergarten students.","SB3155"
"1095","Lottery, Scholarships and Programs","As enacted, specifies that an independent postsecondary institution that was an eligible independent postsecondary institution for lottery scholarship purposes, but became ineligible because of a change in the definition of eligible independent postsecondary institution, will, until June 30, 2016, remain in eligible status so long as it is accredited by SACS.","SB3170"
"1096","Planning, Public","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Local Land Bank Pilot Program.\"","SB3223"
"1097","Schools, Charter","As enacted, revises charter school application process time frames; permits LEAs to charge charter school applicants an application fee; revises other charter school-related provisions.","SB3247"
"1098","Sports","As enacted, revises multiple provisions of the Tennessee Athletic Commission Act of 2008.","SB3264"
"1099","Education","As enacted, revises provisions governing education funding for students in mental health facilities.","SB3270"
"1100","Workers Compensation","As enacted, specifies that if a treating physician determines that pain is persisting for an injured or disabled employee beyond an expected period for healing, then the treating physician, if the physician is a \"qualified physician\", may either prescribe or refer such employee for pain management, encompassing pharmacological, non-pharmacological and other approaches to manage chronic pain.","SB3315"
"1101","Election Laws","As enacted, revises various provisions related to elections.","SB3350"
"1102","Taxes","As enacted, urges the comptroller, in conjunction with the department of environment and conservation and the department of revenue, to study laws and policies dealing with Tennessee's taxation of recycled products using a raw material in the manufacturing process; and investigate any tax policy or make any recommendation that would help promote Tennessee's businesses using more recycled material in their manufacturing process.","SB3507"
"1103","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, authorizes persons to petition for expungement of records of conviction for certain non-violent, non-sexual misdemeanors and Class E felonies that were committed on or after November 1, 1989.","SB3520"
"1104","Special License Plates","As enacted, extends the deadline for the Niswonger Children's Hospital special license plate to meet the minimum order requirement to July 1, 2013.","SB3545"
"1105","Food and Food Products","As enacted, clarifies and revises law concerning sales of nonpotentially hazardous foods prepared in home-based kitchens.","SB3547"
"1106","Conservation","As enacted, enacts the \"Doe Mountain Recreation Authority Act of 2012.\"","SB3647"
"1107","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, allows employer to qualify as \"seasonal employer\" for purposes of unemployment insurance benefits.","SB3657"
"1108","Traffic Safety","As enacted, requires members of the highway patrol investigating motor vehicle accidents on interstates to note on the accident report whether physical barriers are present at the site of the accident.","SB3742"
"0437","Lottery, Scholarships and Programs","As enacted, enables students who first received the Tennessee HOPE scholarship, HOPE access grant or HOPE scholarship for nontraditional students in the fall semester 2009 or thereafter, to receive such lottery-funded scholarships and grants in the summer semester, in addition to the fall and spring semesters; revises the law on terminating events for the HOPE scholarship or access grant.","HB2010"
"0438","Taxes","As enacted, removes the property tax on stocks for loan, investment, and cemetery companies; specifies the manner in which the excise tax on such companies would be allocated.","HB0137"
"0439","Victims' Rights","As enacted, enacts the \"Victims of Crime Executive Clemency Notification Act.\"","HB0396"
"0440","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, adds Buffalo River Resort in Perry County to the definition of premier type tourist resort for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, if local legislation body adopts resolution adopting resort as premier type tourist resort.","HB0592"
"0441","Administrative Procedure (UAPA)","As enacted, continues certain permanent rules filed with secretary of state after January 1, 2010.","HB0648"
"0442","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the bureau of ethics and campaign finance, June 30, 2016.","HB0667"
"0443","Courts, Administrative Office of the","As enacted, directs the office to study certain issues related to the use of old warrants and related process by local law enforcement and to report to the house and senate judiciary committees on or before February 1, 2012.","HB0840"
"0444","Highway Patrol","As enacted, authorizes a highway patrol member in good standing that retires because the member met the mandatory retirement age but didn't have 20 years of service to keep his badge and weapon and to receive a retired commissioned card.","HB0865"
"0445","Highways, Roads and Bridges","As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain specified persons and provides for the placement of other certain signage.","HB0914"
"0446","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, enacts the \"Surplus Lines Insurance Act\" and the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact.","HB0966"
"0447","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, makes several additions to present law concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; expands the definition of \"Tennessee River resort district\" to include a limited service restaurant located within a jurisdiction that has elected Tennessee River resort district status.","HB0985"
"0448","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, provides for the manufacturing and retail sale of high alcohol content beer; revises various provisions of law regarding alcoholic beverages.","HB0986"
"0449","Revenue, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes the issuance of revenue or letter rulings on an expedited basis; allows the commissioner to determine a reasonable fee for such service, subject to certain specified maximum amounts.","HB1008"
"0450","Naming and Designating","As enacted, designates welcome center at Exit 9 on Interstate 26 in Unicoi County as the \"Zane Whitson Welcome Center.\"","HB1023"
"0451","Wine & Wineries","As enacted, authorizes licensure and regulation of businesses where customers can make wine for personal, home consumption.","HB1046"
"0452","Highway Signs","As enacted,  designates certain segments of I-24 and I-75 in Chattanooga as the \"Sgt. Tim Chapin Memorial Highway.\"","HB1210"
"0453","Municipal Government","As enacted, clarifies and updates the language of various provisions of law regarding the powers of incorporated municipalities; generally removes archaic language and comports the powers to be compliant with other general law provisions.","HB0992"
"0454","Disabled Persons","As enacted, requires that each business that provided disabled parking spaces prior to April 25, 2006, provide van-accessible parking spaces as soon as such provision is readily achievable; specifies that each business that provides only one specially marked parking space must convert such specially marked parking space into a van-accessible parking space when such conversion is readily achievable.","HB1246"
"0455","Election Laws","As enacted, revises the pilot project requirements for convenient voting centers in certain municipal elections; extends pilot project to be in Knox, Hamblen, Shelby and Rutherford counties.","HB1268"
"0456","Bail, Bail Bonds","As enacted, requires bounty hunters to undergo a criminal background check.","HB1305"
"0457","Education","As enacted, enacts the \"Special Education Behavioral Supports Act,\" amending current restrictions on isolation and restraint in special education.","HB1336"
"0458","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, rewrites law regarding invalid obligations.","HB1478"
"0459","Gambling","As enacted, specifies that it is not an offense for a manufacturer of gambling devices to knowingly own, manufacture, assemble, design, possess, buy, sell, rent, lease, store, repair, transport, print or make any gambling device or record solely intended for gambling outside of Tennessee and in compliance with federal law.","HB1565"
"0460","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, provides that offenses of wiretapping and electronic surveillance do not apply to person who installs software on a computer the person owns if such software is intended solely to monitor and record the use of the Internet by a minor child of whom such person is a parent or legal guardian.","HB1624"
"0461","Civil Procedure","As enacted, establishes a framework for the consideration of evidence offered during all stages of the proceedings in employment discrimination and retaliation cases.","HB1641"
"0462","Real Property","As enacted, enacts the \"Prohibition of Covenants Providing for Transfer Fees Act of 2011.\"","HB1644"
"0463","Animal Control","As enacted, provides that no county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance or resolution prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of honeybees in hives, provided that such establishment or maintenance is in compliance with the Tennessee Apiary Act of 1995.","HB1671"
"0464","Education","As enacted, specifies that temporary absence of a member of a county board of education to serve in the military does not constitute a vacancy in office and is not subject to provisions of the code requiring a temporary replacement.","HB1909"
"0465","Schools, Charter","As enacted, requires LEAs to establish a transparent and uniform method of calculating all terms and costs related to any lease, lease-purchase agreement, or other contract or agreement executed between the LEA and a charter school for the use of the LEA's educational facilities; establishes certain requirements regarding underutilized and vacant property; specifies uses of capital outlay funds by charter schools.","HB1980"
"0466","Schools, Charter","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding charter schools, including provisions governing students eligible to attend; removes caps on number of public charter schools.","HB1989"
"0467","Taxes","As enacted, revises various tax provisions including provisions regarding gains on sales of assets designated as goodwill and Class VII assets, local option taxes with respect to industrial and farm machinery, sales tax credits to dealers, and electronic tax return filings and payments.","HB1994"
"0468","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, enacts the \"Revised Tennessee Captive Insurance Act.\"","HB2007"
"0469","Firearms and Ammunition","As enacted, authorizes any state court judge who possesses a valid handgun carry permit and who completes both 16 hours of POST court security training and eight hours per year of POST firearm training to possess a firearm in the courtroom.","HB2039"
"0470","Bond Issues","As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $273 million.","HB2135"
"0471","Budget Procedures","As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2010-2011 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $250 million or 2.15 percent.","HB2136"
"0472","Bond Issues","As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $150 million.","HB2158"
"0473","Appropriations","As enacted, makes appropriations for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011.","HB2139"
"0474","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, limits liability of apiarists under certain circumstances.","HB0030"
"0475","Fireworks","As enacted, authorizes the city of East Ridge to permit the possession and retail sale of Class C common fireworks; regulates the sale of such fireworks in the city of East Ridge according to the provisions of title 68, chapter 104, part 1.","HB0219"
"0476","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends termination date for the department of education to June 30, 2013; requires the division of audit in the comptroller's office to provide its findings to the house and senate government operations committees by July 1, 2013, on the department's responses to the findings and recommendations in the January 2011 performance audit of the department.","HB0249"
"0477","Wills","As enacted, requires bonds of executors and administrators to include obligation to pay expenses for court costs, attorney's fees and other related expenses of administering the estate incurred due to failure to properly account for or utilize funds coming into hands of the estate.","HB0334"
"0478","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, extends for two years the nursing home privilege tax and restricts the use of such tax revenues to the funding of nursing home rates.","HB0492"
"0479","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, extends the current moratorium on the issuance of certificates of need (CONs) for new nursing home beds until June 30, 2013.","HB0493"
"0480","Highways, Roads and Bridges","As enacted, establishes presumptions of proximate cause of death, injury, or damage for certain motor vehicle accidents occurring within a construction zone; establishes immunity from claims for personal injury, property damage, or death arising from certain department of transportation projects.","HB0511"
"0481","County Officers","As enacted, revises educational requirements for office of constable.","HB0530"
"0482","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the medical care and cost containment committee, June 30, 2015.","HB0676"
"0483","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, requires registration with the sex offender registry by a juvenile between the ages of 14 and 18 who is adjudicated delinquent for any violent juvenile sexual offense committed on or after July 1, 2011.","HB0687"
"0484","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, revises eligibility criteria for pretrial and judicial diversion programs.","HB0694"
"0485","Courts, Juvenile","As enacted, revises certain provisions governing jurisdiction in juvenile court; grants temporary jurisdiction to issue temporary orders in certain circumstances.","HB0712"
"0486","Juvenile Offenders","As enacted, amends various provisions regarding the transfer of juveniles to adult court and the department of children's services' custody of such children; authorizes communication between the adult court and the juvenile court; clarifies provisions on home placement supervision of juveniles.","HB0713"
"0487","DUI Offenses","As enacted, revises provisions governing the setting of bail in certain DUI-related cases.","HB0718"
"0488","Education","As enacted, enacts the \"Move on When Ready Act.\"","HB0837"
"0489","Capital Punishment","As enacted, adds random killings to the list of aggravating factors for imposition of the death penalty.","HB0869"
"0490","Taxes, Income","As enacted, exempts income derived from cemetery trusts from state and local taxation.","HB0889"
"0491","Special License Plates","As enacted, authorizes issuance of various special license plates; extends minimum order deadline for certain plates and redesignates certain plates.","HB0940"
"0492","Education","As enacted, enacts \"The Virtual Public Schools Act.\"","HB1030"
"0493","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, permits the district attorney to apply for an order to wiretap if the interception may provide evidence of a criminal gang offense by a criminal gang member.","HB1066"
"0494","Health Care","As enacted, replaces \"non-residential methadone treatment facility\" with \"nonresidential substitution-based treatment centers offering treatment for opiate addiction.\"","HB1201"
"0495","Annexation","As enacted, requires municipality to notify affected property owners by mail of proposed extension of corporate limits under certain circumstances and requires publication in newspaper.","HB1214"
"0496","Taxes, Litigation","As enacted, allows Loudon County to impose additional $5.00 litigation tax on all civil and criminal cases to be used for grants to Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).","HB1248"
"0497","Homeland Security","As enacted, enacts the \"Material Support to Designated Entities Act of 2011.\"","HB1353"
"0498","Civil Procedure","As enacted, declares that a moving party prevails on a motion for summary judgment if it submits affirmative evidence negating an element of a nonmoving party's claim or demonstrates that the nonmoving party's evidence is insufficient to establish an essential element.","HB1358"
"0499","Schools, Home","As enacted, makes various changes to home school requirements.","HB1631"
"0500","Child Custody and Support","As enacted, revises conditions under which grandparent visitation can be awarded.","HB1698"
"0501","Tobacco, Tobacco Products","As enacted, makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a person to sell or distribute an electronic cigarette to another person who has not attained 18 years of age or to purchase an electronic cigarette on behalf of such person under 18 years of age.","HB1729"
"0502","Employees, Employers","As enacted, specifies that the right to a secret ballot in union certification elections will only apply to extent that secret ballots are permissible under state or federal law and that, in any such elections where secret ballots are permissible, no alternative means of designation may be used as convincing evidence of employee majority support; such right may not be waived by means of an agreement between a union and an employer; not applicable to union contracts entered into before July 1, 2011, or that involve both employees within and without Tennessee when the employer conducted business within Tennessee before July 1, 2011.","HB1747"
"0503","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, includes East Fork Stables in the definition of premier type tourist resort for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; designates certain other facility as premier type tourist resort for purposes of sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.","HB1748"
"0504","Judgments","As enacted, provides for revocation of driver license for nonpayment of litigation taxes, court costs or fines in certain circumstances; provides payment plan option and hardship exemption.","HB1877"
"0505","Civil Procedure","As enacted, revises provisions governing description of property in notice of judicial or trust sale; authorizes the postponement and rescheduling of a foreclosure sale without further newspaper publication under certain circumstances, unless prohibited by contract.","HB1920"
"0506","Board of Regents","As enacted, enacts the \"Kristen Azevedo Act\" regarding background checks on persons applying to work at higher education institution in housing facilities who will have access to student rooms or apartments.","HB1951"
"0507","Schools, Charter","As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding public charter schools, including provisions regarding the governing body of a public charter school, public charter school applications, and funding for public charter schools.","HB1956"
"0508","Taxes","As enacted, revises various provisions of law governing taxes, including certain sales tax and franchise/excise tax credit provisions.","HB1995"
"0509","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, revises certain provisions of law necessary for implementation of appropriations act, including authorizing and prohibiting the transfer of certain funds; terminating the local planning assistance section of the department of economic and community development; and clarifying the duties of certain governmental entities.","HB2138"
"0510","Civil Procedure","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011.\"","HB2008"
"0511","Redistricting, Legislative","As enacted, establishes state house of representatives districts.","HB1555"
"0512","Redistricting, Congressional","As enacted, establishes the state's congressional districts.","HB1558"
"0001","Local Education Agencies","As enacted, prescribes procedures to govern the abolition of certain special school districts; requires comprehensive transition plan; lifts ban on creation of municipal and special school districts in any county to which this act applies.","SB0025"
"0002","Sunset Laws","As enacted, deletes references to defunct fireworks advisory council.","SB0141"
"0003","Private Protective Services","As enacted, repeals sunset provision and creating authority for the private protective services advisory committee.","SB0144"
"0004","Sunset Laws","As enacted, repeals the public livestock market board.","SB0145"
"0005","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee auctioneer commission, June 30, 2013.","HB0255"
"0006","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, revises conditions which if not satisfied would permit an insurer to disregard an insured's assignment of benefits.","HB0303"
"0007","Sunset Laws","As enacted, deletes references to defunct Tennessee Alzheimer's disease task force.","HB0659"
"0008","Flags","As enacted, requires state flags to be flown at half-staff by state and political subdivisions during day of mourning declared by the governor for armed services members killed in action.","SB0034"
"0009","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Health Freedom Act.\"","SB0079"
"0010","Lottery, Charitable","As enacted, extends deadline for applications for 2010-2011 annual events for five days after effective date of act.","SB0027"
"0011","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 48 in Dickson County as \"Brigadier General Noah Daniel Memorial Highway.\"","SB0029"
"0012","Public Contracts","As enacted, restores language to include geothermal heating and cooling projects on the outside of the envelope containing a bid that was erroneously left out of Public Chapter 801 of the Public Acts of 2010 which amended this section.","SB0091"
"0013","Interstate Compacts","As enacted, creates sunrise provision for the interstate insurance product regulation compact.","SB0179"
"0014","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the West Fork Drakes Creek dam and reservoir interstate authority, June 30, 2013.","SB0186"
"0015","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee health information committee, June 30, 2015.","SB0190"
"0016","Tennessee Housing Development Agency","As enacted, changes membership of audit and budget committee of THDA by replacing the comptroller of the treasury with the state treasurer.","SB0458"
"0017","Taxes, Ad Valorem","As enacted, revises deadlines for filing applications for refunds or presentments of credit vouchers; clarifies that repayment not required if certain persons determined to be eligible are later found to be ineligible for property tax relief.","SB0462"
"0018","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of State Route 48 in Montgomery County as \"Joel Plummer Memorial Highway.\"","HB0053"
"0019","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the real estate appraiser commission, June 30, 2013.","HB0251"
"0020","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state election commission, June 30, 2016.","HB0254"
"0021","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state soil conservation committee, June 30, 2016.","HB0626"
"0022","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste compact, June 30, 2016.","HB0627"
"0023","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the committee for purchase from the blind and other severely disabled, June 30, 2017.","HB0644"
"0024","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends conservation commission, June 30, 2016.","HB0645"
"0025","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on S.R. 295 in Pickett County as \"James \"Jim\" Harrison South Memorial Bridge.\"","SB0334"
"0026","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, includes lineal descendants of original owners of private trust companies among those who may control a private trust.","SB0059"
"0027","Beer","As enacted, allows any establishment that has a permit to sell liquor or wine on premises to sell beer at any time such establishment can serve liquor or wine; changes hours for sale of beer in Tennessee River resort district to be not less than the hours for liquor by the drink.","SB0087"
"0028","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council, June 30, 2016.","SB0158"
"0029","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the southern dairy compact commission, June 30, 2016.","SB0218"
"0030","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, revises provisions governing notice to be given to the registered owner of an abandoned or unattended motor vehicle.","SB0288"
"0031","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, allows Blue Porch Inn in Rutherford County to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.","SB0301"
"0032","Equalization Board","As enacted, authorizes state board of equalization to maintain certain records in electronic format; revises requirements for form of complaints and appeals filed with the board.","SB0459"
"0034","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee wars commission, June 30, 2016.","HB0669"
"0035","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the archaeological advisory council, June 30, 2016.","HB0639"
"0036","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 53 in Gainesboro and Jackson County as \"William Benson \"Ben\" Wooten, II Memorial Highway.\"","HB0426"
"0033","Employees, Employers","As enacted, provides that an employer permitting a person with a handgun carry permit to carry a handgun on the employer's property does not constitute an occupational safety and health hazard to the employees.","SB0519"
"0037","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, authorizes a hospital to designate an entity to report the hospital's discharge claims data with the commissioner of health.","HB0596"
"0038","Holidays and Days of Special Observance","As enacted, designates first full week in March each year as \"Volunteer Firefighters Week\"; such dates shall not be a legal holiday under state law.","HB0681"
"0039","Orders of Protection","As enacted, removes statutory requirements that law enforcement agencies make order of protection entries into the Tennessee criminal information system; eliminates these entries from the TBI database within two years from the effective date of the act.","HB0983"
"0040","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, requires approaching vehicles to move into other lane from a stationary utility vehicle with flashing lights if such lane change can be safely made.","HB1654"
"0041","Statutes and Codification","As enacted, codifies the acts of the 2010 legislative session.","SB0018"
"0042","General Assembly, Studies","As enacted, changes the reporting deadline of the special joint committee to study the capping of utility rates for senior citizens from February 1, 2011, to June 1, 2011.","SB0105"
"0043","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends termination date for the state board of education to June 30, 2013; directs the division of state audit in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to provide its findings to the house and senate government operations committees by July 1, 2013, on the state board of education's responses to the findings and recommendations in the January, 2011, performance audit of the state board of education.","SB0161"
"0044","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the regional transportation authority, June 30, 2016.","SB0215"
"0045","Mental Illness","As enacted, revises provisions governing the transportation of certain persons to mental health facilities in regard to responsibility and costs.","SB0379"
"0046","Census","As enacted, requires utilization of census 2010 geography in establishment or alteration of precincts after March 1, 2011.","SB0807"
"0047","Disabled Persons","As enacted, replaces outdated terminology related to individuals with disabilities.","SB0850"
"0048","Statutes and Codification","As enacted, authorizes the Tennessee Code Commission to make stylistic, nonsubstantive changes when codifying acts of the general assembly and preparing replacement volumes, so long as such changes are consistent with style guidelines adopted by the commission and submitted to the senate and house judiciary committees.","SB0931"
"0049","Tennessee Bureau of Investigation","As enacted, clarifies that $13.75 court costs for TBI are imposed upon the forfeiture of any cash bond or other surety entered as a result of a municipal traffic citation.","SB0990"
"0050","Driver Licenses","As enacted, exempts persons holding a commercial driver license to perform transportation services as employee of federal or state government or political subdivision of the state or an agency established under compact between states and approved by Congress from the requirement that Tennessee commercial driver license holders must maintain valid medical card; exemption does not apply to passenger, school bus or hazardous material endorsement.","SB1050"
"0051","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 135 in Clay County as \"Jerry Lee Denton Memorial Highway.\"","SB0057"
"0052","Safety","As enacted, removes requirement that alarm system monitoring companies perform alarm verifications prior to requesting law enforcement be dispatched to pharmacies.","SB0098"
"0053","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, allows Franklin Theatre to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.","SB0106"
"0054","Professions and Occupations","As enacted, exempts employees of state higher education institutions who provide locksmithing services at facilities operated by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents from locksmith licensure requirements.","SB0264"
"0055","Uniform Laws","As enacted, corrects typographical error in Public Chapter 901 by inserting the word \"or\" in section specifying that remedies under the chapter are cumulative.","SB0513"
"0056","Public Health","As enacted, requires hospitals to provide parents of newborns with certain information concerning Pertussis disease and immunizations.","SB0538"
"0057","Bail, Bail Bonds","As enacted, specifies that defendant released before trial will continue on release during trial or release pending trial under same terms and conditions as were previously imposed, unless the court determines that other terms and conditions or termination of release are necessary; authorizes court to order a defendant held without release during existing trial, if, after the defendant is released upon personal recognizance, an unsecured personal appearance bond, or any other bond approved by the court, the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense committed during the defendant's release, or engages in conduct which results in the obstruction of the orderly and expeditious progress of the trial or other proceedings.","SB0861"
"0058","Traffic Safety","As enacted, eliminates a minimum and maximum range of fines for obscene displays on motor vehicles and specifies that the fine is a flat $50.00.","HB0018"
"0059","University of Tennessee","As enacted, authorizes the University of Tennessee to enter into certain agreements with foundations that support the university.","HB0306"
"0060","Bankruptcy","As enacted, clarifies that the notice of exemption given by a judgment debtor shall state \"Tennessee law provides a $10,000 exemption\" instead of \"Tennessee law provides a $4,000 exemption.\"","HB0491"
"0061","Sunset Laws","As enacted, terminates the occupational safety and health administration labor advisory council.","HB0619"
"0062","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the prevailing wage commission, June 30, 2015.","HB0636"
"0063","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the state unemployment compensation advisory council, June 30, 2015.","HB0638"
"0064","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the elevator and amusement device safety board, June 30, 2015.","HB0652"
"0065","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the occupational safety and health review commission, June 30, 2015.","HB0665"
"0066","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the interstate compact on the placement of children, June 30, 2016.","HB0666"
"0067","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2011.\"","SB0484"
"0068","Telecommunications","As enacted, enacts the \"Uniform Access, Competition, and Consumer Fairness Act of 2011.\"","SB0598"
"0069","Cooperatives","As enacted, provides for suspension of certain assessments against grain producers; revises other provisions regarding assessments and grain indemnity fund.","SB0877"
"0070","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, changes date by which assignments for the following school year and notices of termination must be sent to school personnel from May 15 to June 15; specifies that director of schools must decide if a teacher is qualified for an open position; changes various requirements for obtaining tenure and other tenure-related provisions.","SB1528"
"0071","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, provides that the marketing, sale, offering for sale, issuance, making, proposing to make and administration of a service contract shall not be construed to be the business of insurance and shall be exempt from regulation as insurance pursuant to title 56.","SB1569"
"0072","Taxes","As enacted, delays effective date of certain streamlined sales tax provisions until July 1, 2013; specifies that if the headquarters staff employee position does not remain filled during the investment period, the taxpayer must repay any franchise tax credit or refund taken relating to such position, plus interest; extends certain filing deadlines when due date falls on legal holiday.","SB1520"
"0073","Planning, Public","As enacted, authorizes the regulations or practice of planning commissions to provide for the \"preliminary,\" rather than \"tentative,\" approval of a plat prior to the developer making improvements.","SB0089"
"0074","Livestock","As enacted, limits liability of a bovine owner for injuries, loss, damage or death of another resulting from bovine activities if the bovine owner maintains proper warning notice on signs, and maintains proper fences and enclosures.","SB0339"
"0075","Medical Occupations","As enacted, requires health care practitioners licensed in the healing arts to affirmatively communicate proof of licensure to patients; expands list of practitioners required to post proof of licensure at their place of practice.","SB0505"
"0076","Taxes, Ad Valorem","As enacted, abolishes eligibility for carryovers for purposes of ad valorem tax equity payments made to telecommunications service providers.","SB0636"
"0077","Taxes, Real Property","As enacted, revises provisions governing obligation to pay property taxes during an assessment appeal.","SB0638"
"0078","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, clarifies intent of PC 1004 of 2010, imposing $250 drug testing fee on convictions of or grants of diversion for violations of Tennessee Drug Control Act, to apply statewide and not be limited to certain counties.","SB0991"
"0079","Securities","As enacted, broadens transaction exemptions under the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980.","SB1336"
"0080","Election Laws","As enacted, allows city of New Market to permit nonresident property owners to vote in municipal elections upon 2/3 approval of municipal legislative body.","SB1509"
"0081","Driver Licenses","As enacted, creates exception for commercial driver license holders and violations occurring in a commercial motor vehicle to the prohibition on the department of safety suspending a driver license for failing to appear in court on a traffic citation unless the request for suspension is made within six months of the violation.","SB1531"
"0082","Sunset Laws","As enacted, terminates the board of review, department of labor and workforce development.","HB0622"
"0083","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of boiler rules, June 30, 2015.","HB0662"
"0084","Law Enforcement","As enacted, clarifies that money deposited in the police pay supplement fund can only be used for the payment of police pay supplements and such other payments as may be authorized by the police pay supplement statute.","HB0754"
"0085","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of State Route 62 in Knox County as \"Veterans Memorial Mile.\"","HB0850"
"0086","Child Custody and Support","As enacted, makes various changes regarding child custody determination for a mobilized member of the armed forces.","HB1106"
"0087","Pest Control","As enacted, revises the manner in which a person applying pesticides may be supervised.","HB1240"
"0088","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of sexual contact by an authority figure which is defined as an adult with supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor, unlawfully kissing the minor for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.","HB1577"
"0089","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, revises various criminal provisions relative to the use of any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank or subsidiary's trade name or trademark.","HB1656"
"0090","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, revises authority of commissioner of commerce and insurance to investigate insurance agents; revises rights of insurance agents under investigation; revises penalties imposed against insurance agents.","HB1845"
"0125","Election Laws","As enacted, expands state election commission to seven members permanently.","SB1255"
"0091","Children","As enacted, deletes the age limitation in statute permitting mothers to publicly breastfeed only their children who are age 12 months or younger.","SB0083"
"0092","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of U.S. Highway 70 in metropolitan Nashville as \"THP Col. Elmer V. Craig Memorial Highway.\"","SB0495"
"0093","Taxes, Personal Property","As enacted, specifies that a personal property schedule may be amended only for certain reasons and that the failure of a taxpayer to receive the schedule would not excuse the taxpayer from filing the schedule by March 1.","SB0742"
"0094","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, authorizes filings for personal risk insurance that provide for an overall statewide rate increase or decrease of no more than 15% in the aggregate for all coverages that are subject to the filing to take effect the date it is filed.","SB0777"
"0095","Charitable Institutions","As enacted, revises various provisions of the Charitable Gift Annuities Exemption Act.","SB0892"
"0096","County Government","As enacted, removes requirement that county legislative bodies must have typed or printed a description of the boundaries of county districts.","SB1154"
"0097","Public Funds and Financing","As enacted, requires that amendments to resolution that created a local government audit committee be submitted to the comptroller for review and comment in same manner as the creating resolution under present law; specifies that if audit committee was created by legislative body of a county whose charter requires charter changes to be approved in a referendum, and if such actions occurred and were approved in a referendum prior to January 1, 2011, then such an audit committee will be considered created pursuant to present law.","SB1155"
"0098","Ethics","As enacted, revises filing deadlines for employer disclosure reports from within 45 days of March 31 and September 30 to within 45 days of June 30 and December 31.","SB1227"
"0099","Business Organizations","As enacted, clarifies various provisions relative to business organizations and revises various provisions regarding documents from such organizations that are filed with the secretary of state.","SB1312"
"0100","Banks and Financial Institutions","As enacted, adds the conference of state bank supervisors and the money transmitter regulators association to list of entities to which the department of financial institutions may release confidential information concerning licensees and applicants, if such organizations enter into confidentiality agreements with the commissioner.","SB1537"
"0101","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of State Highway 109 in Sumner County as \"Tommy Marlin Highway.\"","SB1544"
"0102","Codes","As enacted, reduces from three to one the number of copies of building and utility codes adopted by reference that must be maintained by county clerk for public use.","SB1668"
"0103","Taxes","As enacted, clarifies that any person engaged in selling any quantity of unauthorized substances is liable for the tax; clarifies that the presumption that a person is a merchant does not apply when the person is actually engaged in selling any quantity of substances.","HB0302"
"0104","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on S.R. 438 in Perry County as \"Dickson Augustus Weems Memorial Bridge\"","HB0550"
"0105","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on S.R. 438 in Perry County as \"Roy Bell & David O'Guin Memorial Bridge\"","HB0551"
"0106","Police","As enacted, revises the requirement that police officers be provided with training to deal with mentally ill persons to require that training be provided annually.","HB0575"
"0107","County Officers","As enacted, redesignates \"county mayor\" as \"county executive\" in Overton County.","SB0078"
"0108","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on U.S. Highway 64 in Lincoln County as \"William R. Carter Memorial Bridge.\"","SB0135"
"0109","Election Laws","As enacted, clarifies and adds to the duties of county administrators of elections.","SB0289"
"0111","Annexation","As enacted, requires annexing municipality to record adopted or approved annexation ordinance or resolution with register of deeds in counties where annexation adopted or approved; copy to be sent to comptroller and assessor of property for each affected county.","SB0461"
"0112","Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of","As enacted, requires counsel for claimants reporting to the commissioner regarding medical malpractice claims to include information as to whether the health care provider received payment from TennCare; requires the commissioner to include such information in the annual report on medical malpractice claims.","SB0510"
"0113","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on S.R. 96 in Rutherford County as \"James C. McKnight Bridge.\"","SB0684"
"0114","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, allows dental service plans to make payments to dentists electronically if the dental service plan also receives claims from dentists electronically.","SB0799"
"0115","Election Laws","As enacted, eliminates early voting period for a municipal election in a municipality having a population of 5,000 or less, if there is no opposition for any office in the election and the election is held on a date which does not coincide with the August or November general election unless the municipality files a request with the county election commission for the early voting period to apply; does not apply to municipal elections in Davidson County.","SB0922"
"0116","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, authorizes the city of Goodlettsville to conduct a referendum for the sale of alcoholic beverages at retail package stores only in that portion of the city located in Sumner County without affecting the sale of such beverages in Davidson County.","SB0930"
"0117","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, allows district to purchase equipment under same terms of legal bid initiated by another district.","SB1013"
"0118","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, authorizes insurers to use incentives and rewards to encourage or reward participation in a health promotion program.","SB1119"
"0119","Divorce,  Annulment and Alimony","As enacted, clarifies various provisions relating to divorce and custody proceedings.","SB1172"
"0120","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on U.S. Highway 64 in Giles County as \"J. Marlin Goodman Memorial Bridge.\"","SB1341"
"0121","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on U.S. Highway 64 in Giles County as \"William B. Long Memorial Bridge.\"","SB1347"
"0122","Mortgages","As enacted, revises various provisions related to the notice of the right to foreclose that must be sent by the lender to the debtor prior to foreclosure; effective January 1, 2013, deletes certain notice requirements.","SB1451"
"0123","Highway Signs","As enacted, names flyover that connects Interstate 40 eastbound to Briley Parkway northbound in Nashville in honor of late Ralph M. Cohen.","SB1789"
"0124","Lobbying, Lobbyists","As enacted, allows lobbyist to attend annual ethics course provided for members of the general assembly to meet annual training requirement.","SB1874"
"0126","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, changes the sunset date for the pilot program allowing golf carts on certain public roads to January 1, 2012; extends the pilot program to Eagleville, Englewood and Ripley; requires a person to have liability insurance on the golf cart in order to be authorized to operate it on the roadways.","HB0129"
"0127","Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration","As enacted, exempts antique vehicles being registered for antique motor vehicle license plates from emissions testing requirement imposed in certain counties for motor vehicle registration.","HB0688"
"0128","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, provides that when the department of labor and workforce development conducts unemployment hearings that personnel records and other business records that are in the possession of a claimant's employer and that are relevant to a claim are admissible and may constitute proof of misconduct, regardless of whether such evidence is hearsay or whether corroborated by direct witness testimony, if such evidence is accompanied by an affidavit of its custodian or other qualified person certifying the evidence as a business record.","HB0884"
"0129","Highways, Roads and Bridges","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 19 in Haywood County as \"Reverend Clay Evans Road\".","HB1128"
"0130","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, specifies that TCA titles 50 and 56 provide the sole and exclusive statutory remedies and sanctions applicable to an insurer, person, or entity licensed, permitted, or authorized to do business under title 56 for alleged breach of, or for alleged unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with, a contract of insurance.","HB1189"
"0131","Personal Property","As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act.","HB1265"
"0132","Dentists and Dentistry","As enacted, specifies that dental hygienists are authorized to perform stain removal on teeth in addition to performing those tasks that they are authorized to perform under present law.","HB1354"
"0133","Taxes, Sales","As enacted, extends limited sales tax refund for certain appliances, furniture, and building supplies purchased in response to May 2010 flood.","SB0024"
"0134","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of safety, June 30, 2014.","SB0207"
"0135","Education, Higher","As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education that provide teacher training programs to allow equal access to any domestic professional educators' organization.","SB0330"
"0136","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, allows Woodlake Golf Club to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.","SB0490"
"0137","Traffic Safety","As enacted, authorizes the use of flashing white and/or amber lights displayed to the front of a motor vehicle operated by an organ procurement organization or a person under an agreement with an organ procurement organization when transporting an organ for human transplantation.","SB0610"
"0138","Education","As enacted, requires notice of termination of director of schools to comply with same requirements as notice of extension of a director's contract; requires termination of contract of director of schools to be first item on the agenda of the board meeting at which such action is to be considered.","SB0717"
"0139","Aircraft and Airports","As enacted, clarifies provisions for creation, operation and governance of certain regional airport authorities.","SB0761"
"0140","Pensions and Retirement Benefits","As enacted, revises various provisions governing the Tennessee consolidated retirement system; requires that counsel for treasury department serve as attorney for the chair of TCRS and treasury with regard to deferred or tax-sheltered compensation plans.","SB1008"
"0141","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County as \"Tyler Leon Sneed Memorial Highway.\"","SB1209"
"0142","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, authorizes a court to order defendants who are in custody and are found not guilty by reason of insanity of a felony offense against the person, such as felony sex offenses, assaults, kidnappings, and robberies, to remain in custody after the verdict to receive an outpatient mental health evaluation.","SB1532"
"0143","Transportation, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes TDOT to allot space on the exterior of the incident response HELP trucks and enter into contracts for the purpose of obtaining certain commercial sponsorship for the HELP program; revenue generated from any such commercial sponsorship would be deposited in the highway fund to be used solely for transportation purposes.","SB0031"
"0144","Transportation, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes TDOT to obtain certain commercial sponsorship of the 511 system and to enter into contracts for this purpose; revenue generated from any such commercial sponsorship would be deposited in the highway fund to be used solely for transportation purposes.","SB0032"
"0145","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the real estate commission, June 30, 2013.","SB0162"
"0146","Highway Signs","As enacted, provides for erection of directional signs for Children's Holocaust Memorial at Whitwell Middle School on Interstate 24 in Marion County.","SB0268"
"0147","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge in Grand Junction in honor of Dr. N.H. Edwards.","SB0407"
"0148","Highway Signs","As enacted, names bridge in Somerville in honor of Colonel Will Rhea Winfrey, United States Army, Retired.","SB0408"
"0149","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates \"Gold Star - Blue Star Memorial Bridge\" on U.S. 321 in Loudon County.","SB0549"
"0150","County Officers","As enacted, permits a county to pay the cost of obtaining and recording the bond required for constables.","SB0740"
"0151","Public Records","As enacted, clarifies that auditee records, intra-agency and interagency communications, draft reports, schedules, notes, memoranda and other records relating to an audit or investigation are confidential and not open for public inspection.","SB0750"
"0152","Municipal Government","As enacted, retains authority for a municipality or municipal agency to participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies or any services other than construction, engineering or architectural services or construction materials with one or more other local governments outside of this state but removes authority for such cooperative agreements to be within this state.","SB0773"
"0153","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge on U.S. Highway 412 in Lewis County as \"John Andrew Carroll Memorial Bridge.\"","SB0831"
"0154","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of U.S. Highway 43 in Lawrenceburg as \"H.O. Sam Garrard Memorial Highway.\"","SB0832"
"0155","School Districts, Special","As enacted, specifies that before the board of education of special school district requests legislation to exceed the certified rate, it must first publish notice of its intent to exceed the certified rate in the manner required of cities and counties; specifies that present law regarding tax rates in special school districts would apply to all counties instead of only to counties with less than 50,000 people.","SB1153"
"0156","Consumer Protection","As enacted, specifies the manner of obtaining fingerprints of certain applicants under the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act.","SB1446"
"0157","Safety","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding high-voltage lines.","SB1500"
"0158","Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities","As enacted, redefines \"developmental disability\"; makes technical changes to reflect changes made by 2010 Public Chapters 734 and 1100.","SB1533"
"0159","Law Enforcement","As enacted, allows law enforcement agencies to exchange confiscated firearms with other law enforcement agencies for body armor and ammunition as well as for other firearms.","SB1558"
"0160","Taxes, Ad Valorem","As enacted, authorizes the acceptance of partial payment of delinquent property taxes by the county trustee under certain circumstances.","SB1559"
"0161","Election Laws","As enacted, exempts the purging of a person's voter registration after a change of name due to a divorce.","HB0377"
"0162","Municipal Government","As enacted, provides that liability for legal and financial obligations pertaining to real property subject to a lease and payment in lieu of tax (PILOT) agreement remains with the person who transferred title to the municipality or corporation; provides immunity for the municipality or corporation.","SB1722"
"0163","Public Utilities","As enacted, authorizes increase to the maximum amount of the allowance that may be provided to members of boards of public utilities.","SB1811"
"0164","Optometry","As enacted, changes the name of the association that nominates members for the governor to appoint to the board of optometry.","SB1853"
"0165","Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities","As enacted, requires organizations that supply mental health and developmental disability services to check the registry that contains the names of any persons who have been determined to have abused, neglected, misappropriated or exploited the property of vulnerable individuals and not hire or use as a volunteer any individual listed on the registry; requirements apply to organizations that contract with the division of intellectual disabilities services for residential services, day services or supported employment services.","SB1921"
"0166","Pharmacy, Pharmacists","As enacted, expands statute providing for a prescription drug label that indicates the condition for which the drug is prescribed from applying only to elder persons to apply to any patient.","HB0198"
"0167","Election Laws","As enacted, removes election officials legislative district residency requirement to serve but requires such officials to reside in the county in which they are appointed to serve.","HB0378"
"0168","Public Records","As enacted, makes all records pertaining to licensure or registration by owners of security systems held or kept by a governmental entity confidential; includes all information, photos, presentations, schematics and surveys.","HB0424"
"0169","Drugs, Over the Counter","As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor of producing, manufacturing, selling or offering to sell any product containing any of six listed synthetic derivatives or analogues of the Schedule I controlled substance methcathinone.","HB0457"
"0170","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of labor and workforce development, June 30, 2015.","HB0620"
"0171","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the water and wastewater operators, board of certification, June 30, 2016.","HB0623"
"0172","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the oil and gas board, June 30, 2016; revises appointment process of membership of oil and gas board.","HB0628"
"0173","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the civil service commission, June 30, 2016.","HB0642"
"0174","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Douglas Henry state museum commission, June 30, 2016.","HB0654"
"0175","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of human resources, June 30, 2016.","HB0661"
"0176","Election Laws","As enacted, revises provisions concerning voting by military and overseas citizens.","HB1081"
"0177","Telecommunications","As enacted, adds state government telephone subscribers to do not call registry.","HB1127"
"0178","Employees, Employers","As enacted, prohibits person, firm, corporation or association of any kind operating in this state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreement's expiration.","HB1605"
"0179","Education","As enacted, requires the first AED received by a school to be placed in a location that can be readily accessed, which may include those areas used for physical education or activity.","HB1633"
"0180","Courts, Jurisdiction","As enacted, clarifies counties to which certain court jurisdictional provisions of the Governmental Tort Liability Act apply.","HB1739"
"0181","Election Laws","As enacted, changes the timing and manner in which members of the county election commission are required to inspect new voter registration forms; requires that certain audits be conducted.","HB0376"
"0182","Election Laws","As enacted, changes date of presidential preference primary from first Tuesday in February to first Tuesday in March; changes the qualifying deadline for candidates in a county primary held in February in presidential election years from \"the first Thursday in November\" to \"the second Thursday in December\" and specifies that candidates in municipal elections held in conjunction with the presidential preference primary election must file their nominating petitions by the second Thursday in December.","HB0612"
"0183","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the commission on aging, June 30, 2016; requires the division of state audit to return to the Tennessee commission on aging and disability in 2012 to review actions taken by the commission to address the monitoring issues raised in the first finding in the January 2011 performance audit report.","HB0643"
"0184","Election Laws","As enacted, adds to current list of persons committing felonies or sexual offenses who are never eligible to register to vote, a violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court.","HB1117"
"0185","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, imposes criminal and civil penalties upon persons who have hepatitis and who do not tell persons to whom it could be transmitted.","SB0052"
"0186","Liens","As enacted, requires comptroller to conduct a performance audit of the implementation and impact of current law authorizing the creation of a lien on a motor vehicle by filing a notarized copy of an instrument when the existing certificate of title on the vehicle is unavailable.","SB0235"
"0187","Highway Signs","As enacted, names a portion of I-75 the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail.","SB0265"
"0188","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, provides that a defendant in a criminal case has the right to have court reporter and make a verbatim recording of all proceedings in open court.","SB0350"
"0189","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, enacts the \"Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2011.\"","SB0483"
"0190","Law Enforcement","As enacted, establishes the Blue Alert system to provide rapid dissemination of information to aid in detection of persons when law enforcement officer is killed, injured or suspiciously missing in line of duty.","SB0655"
"0191","Game and Fish Laws","As enacted, revises the provisions governing using a spotlight to locate deer.","SB0836"
"0192","Traffic Safety","As enacted, broadens requirement that drivers exercise due care to apply to bicyclists; enhances penalty for certain traffic violations that cause serious bodily injury or death.","SB1171"
"0193","Public Contracts","As enacted, increases the amount the superintendent of an urban type public facility may purchase without approval of the governing authority from $500 to $10,000 and increases the amount of construction contracts from $2,000 to $10,000 for which the superintendent must advertise for bids.","HB0385"
"0194","Sales","As enacted, revises provisions governing reporting of aviation fuel sales; makes failure to file the aviation fuel sales report punishable by a civil penalty of $500 that may be abated by the commissioner instead of being punishable by a civil penalty in an amount set by the commissioner.","HB0566"
"0195","Watershed Development","As enacted, authorizes the Beech River watershed development authority to create the position of board member emeritus and establishes the qualifications for such position.","HB0584"
"0196","Regional Authorities and Special Districts","As enacted, adds executive director of development district in which a megasite is located to megasite board.","HB0588"
"0197","Disabled Persons","As enacted, replaces references to mental retardation with references to intellectual disabilities.","HB1134"
"0198","Transportation, Dept. of","As enacted, creates a special coordination committee to coordinate transportation efforts of state and local government.","SB0523"
"0199","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, mandates that group and individual insurance policies cover hearing aids for children covered by the policy.","HB0761"
"0200","Finance and Administration, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes commissioner of finance and administration to enter into agreements with certain citizen support organizations to donate monetary gifts, goods or services to be used by Volunteer Tennessee.","SB2009"
"0201","Pharmacy, Pharmacists","As enacted, establishes procedures for pharmacies to transfer Schedule II prescriptions in accord with certain federal and state requirements.","SB1824"
"0202","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, allows substitute teachers to be employed by local education agency or third party public or private employer through agreement with the LEA; states that substitute teachers employed by third party shall be subject to same unemployment benefit eligibility conditions as those employed by LEAs.","SB1674"
"0203","Workers Compensation","As enacted, changes the evidence requirement from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence for rebutting the presumption that drugs or alcohol were the proximate cause of an injury from a drug test result or the refusal to submit to a drug test.","SB1785"
"0204","Fireworks","As enacted, adds \"unmanned free-floating devices capable of producing an open flame, such as, but not limited to sky lanterns\" to the definition of special fireworks.","SB1572"
"0110","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, allows the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis to serve or sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.","SB0355"
"0205","Lending Agencies","As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding deferred presentment services.","SB1557"
"0206","Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of","As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to require assignments of independent review organizations on a random basis if random assignments are required by the U.S. department of health and human services.","SB1538"
"0207","Solid Waste Disposal","As enacted, requires any proposed landfill owner to provide notice to persons owning property within a three-mile radius of such landfill at least 15 days in advance of any public hearing scheduled regarding applications for the construction of the proposed landfill by having signs erected on all roads leading directly to the proposed landfill site.","SB1391"
"0208","Driver Licenses","As enacted, authorizes certain persons with a disability to obtain photo identification license upon proof of identity to the satisfaction of the commissioner of safety.","SB1271"
"0209","Juries and Jurors","As enacted, makes the jury coordinator law applicable to Rhea and Morgan counties, which were previously excluded from such law.","SB1213"
"0210","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, specifies that provision whereby information contained in a policy application or obtained in the servicing of a policy of insurance may not be used by the servicing carrier or its representatives for the purpose of soliciting any form of insurance, except when permission to use the information is granted by the commissioner on any specific risk, also applies to a policy of insurance written through a plan depopulation initiative.","SB1173"
"0211","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, provides that making a false statement on a declaration, such as under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, is covered by the offense of perjury.","SB1087"
"0212","Education","As enacted, requires that state board of education mandate revisions to financial literacy education, including as component on certain achievement tests, after recommendations made by financial literacy commission.","SB0912"
"0213","Wine & Wineries","As enacted, allows direct shipper to ship wine to any address in the state.","SB1030"
"0214","Education","As enacted, requires the state board of education to post the teacher code of ethics on its Web site.","SB0854"
"0215","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, revises various provisions governing utility districts that fail to take affirmative action or provide services and consolidation of a financially distressed district with another district.","SB0845"
"0216","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, authorizes a dental service plan corporation to limit participation by dentists if the dental plan is providing or managing dental benefits for the impoverished uninsured on behalf of or as required by any governmental entity.","SB0798"
"0217","Zoning","As enacted, defines \"quarrying\" as the extraction, removal and mechanized processing of any mineral, including clay, stone, gravel, phosphate rock, metallic ore, limestone, marble, chert, sand, dimension stone and any other solid mineral or substance of commercial value, except coal and deep metal mining, found in natural deposits in the earth, for barter or sale for purposes of county and municipal zoning.","SB0753"
"0218","Medical Occupations","As enacted, removes the six-year limitation on the duration of non-compete agreements between a healthcare provider and an employing or contracting entity; applies the present law limitations on non-compete agreements for physicians to such agreements for osteopathic physicians.","SB0611"
"0219","Education","As enacted, states that attendance laws apply to remedial instruction for students who are determined to require such instruction, including summer school and after school programs.","SB0414"
"0220","Education","As enacted, states that a parent, guardian or other person who has control of a truant student commits educational neglect.","SB0413"
"0221","Welfare","As enacted, specifies that individual convicted of certain drug offenses will be exempt from prohibition against eligibility for families first program benefits for such convictions, if such person meets certain requirements; an individual convicted of second drug felony involving possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance on or after July 1, 2011, will not be eligible for families first program benefits for a period of three years from the date of conviction.","SB0096"
"0222","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, requires any sexual offender who is housed in a halfway house or any other facility as an alternative to incarceration to register as a sexual offender and report with the offender's registering agency.","SB0356"
"0223","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the council on children's mental health care, June 30, 2014.","HB0248"
"0224","Jails, Local Lock-ups","As enacted, subject to the approval of the board of regents, authorizes the use of county prisoners' labor on farms operated by board of regents institutions.","HB0305"
"0225","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, revises law regarding the recoupment of allegedly stolen property in the possession of a used or scrap jewelry and precious metals buyer or dealer.","HB0338"
"0226","Public Health","As enacted, requires the governor to designate one day each year in April as Autism Awareness Recognition Day.","HB0389"
"0227","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the commission on children and youth, June 30, 2015.","HB0621"
"0228","Mortgages","As enacted, adds exceptions to the licensure requirements under the Tennessee Residential Lending, Brokerage and Servicing Act.","HB0758"
"0229","Jails, Local Lock-ups","As enacted, specifies that if a county has been reimbursed for housing convicted felons for a continuous period of three or more fiscal years and has received the maximum amount allowed per prisoner per day as reasonable allowable costs during this period, then the county would thereafter be presumed to be entitled to the full maximum amount allocated per prisoner per day as reimbursement of reasonable allowable costs for housing such prisoners.","HB0773"
"0230","Professions and Occupations","As enacted, requires the health related boards and the boards attached to the division of regulatory boards to develop a procedure to expedite the licensing or certification of persons who were licensed or certified in another state and accompanied their spouse, who is the subject of a military transfer, to Tennessee; requires regulatory boards to develop methods to allow certain persons to perform professional services for a limited period of time.","HB0968"
"0231","Beer","As enacted, applies the hours for the sale of beer on Sunday to the area of the county outside of a municipality that adopts liquor-by-the-drink in a referendum, unless the county legislative body by a 2/3 vote sets the hours for the sale of beer on Sunday in areas outside such municipality.","HB0969"
"0232","Charitable Solicitations","As enacted, requires charitable organization that solicited and received contributions exceeding $25,000 related to a disaster occurring in this state on or after May 1, 2010, to file a quarterly financial report with the secretary of state.","HB1135"
"0233","Public Contracts","As enacted, enacts the \"Freedom in Contracting Act.\"","HB1498"
"0234","Clerks, Court","As enacted, requires clerk to accept cost bond signed by attorney in lieu of party paying fees or clerk must forfeit all costs.","SB0349"
"0235","Election Laws","As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state.","SB0352"
"0236","Election Laws","As enacted, prohibits election commission members and administrators of elections from hiring relatives for certain election-related positions.","SB1045"
"0237","Water","As enacted, requires any public water system or waterworks system that initiates or permanently discontinues the fluoridation of its water supply to give notice of such discontinuance to the departments of health and environment and conservation within 10 days of decision and public notice to customers in the next general mailing, which must be 30 days prior to discontinuance.","SB1055"
"0238","Flags","As enacted, authorizes display of P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag at state capitol and each county courthouse and city or town hall on any day U.S. flag is displayed at such buildings.","SB1405"
"0239","Economic and Community Development","As enacted, revises law concerning submission of economic impact plans in Davidson County.","SB1416"
"0240","Dentists and Dentistry","As enacted, specifies that no contract offered by any insurer, dental service plan, third party administrator or other party that covers any dental services, and no contract or participating provider agreement with a dentist may require that a dentist who is a participating provider, provide services to an enrollee at a fee set by, or subject to the approval of, the dental service plan, insurer, third party administrator or other party that covers any dental plan services unless the dental services are covered services.","SB1464"
"0241","Education","As enacted, urges employers to develop programs under which their employees with children in school can take time off to volunteer in their children's schools.","SB1880"
"0242","State Symbols","As enacted, adopts \"Tennessee\" by John R. Bean as an official state song.","SB1910"
"0243","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, clarifies provisions regarding additional information and follow-up utilization review for outpatient mental health and chemical dependency patients; specifies that exemptions from the utilization review standards for certain agents do not apply to the standards for outpatient mental health and chemical dependency care.","SB1988"
"0244","Motor Vehicles","As enacted, specifies, in certain situations, that if the owner of the vehicle is not present, then prior to any person, firm or entity towing a vehicle, such person, firm or entity must notify local law enforcement of the vehicle identification number (VIN), registration information, license plate number and description of the vehicle; local law enforcement must keep a record of all such information which would be available for public inspection.","SB2029"
"0246","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates \"Benjamin C. \"Pat\" Hartman, Jr. Memorial Bridge\" on S.R. 386 in Sumner County.","HB0010"
"0255","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, removes requirement that written notice of termination of teacher contain a statement that such notice was authorized by a majority vote of the local board of education with the name of the teacher receiving such note being recorded in the minutes of the board.","HB0731"
"0257","Election Laws","As enacted, creates criteria to enable a minor party to be recognized; permits name of candidate for such party to be listed under the appropriate column for a recognized minor party.","HB0794"
"0258","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, requires hospitals to have certain persons authenticate verbal orders.","HB0829"
"0259","Education","As enacted, requires office of research and education accountability to compile activities and recommendations of statewide education reform initiatives and report to governor and education committees as requested.","HB0963"
"0260","Public Contracts","As enacted, specifies that if a statute, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation mandates the use of competitive bidding of any kind or nature whatsoever, by any state agency, county or municipal corporation, then no addenda would be permitted less than 48 hours of the bid opening date; questions concerning the bid documents must be received by the designer no less than 96 hours before the bid opening date; not applicable to DOT contracts or state or local agency contracts funded with state or federal highway funds.","HB0965"
"0261","Jails, Local Lock-ups","As enacted, authorizes $4.00 to be deducted from the wages of prisoners in a county workhouse in certain circumstances to satisfy judgments against the prisoner to make restitution to the victim.","HB0974"
"0262","Veterans","As enacted, extends property tax relief to the surviving spouse of a soldier whose death results from being deployed, away from any home base of training and in support of combat operations, if the surviving spouse does not remarry; solely or jointly owns the property for which tax relief is claimed; and uses the property for which tax relief is claimed exclusively as a home.","HB0980"
"0263","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, deletes outdated language from requirements concerning the sex offender registry.","HB0981"
"0264","Tobacco, Tobacco Products","As enacted, requires licensed distributor reports filed with the department of revenue to be admitted into evidence as non-hearsay documents in all judicial and administrative proceedings.","HB1055"
"0265","Emergency Communications Districts","As enacted, allows state board to grant exceptions or waivers to certain employment requirements for emergency call takers and public safety dispatchers.","HB1093"
"0266","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, requires registered sex offenders to report to registering law enforcement agencies prior to traveling out of the United States.","HB1169"
"0267","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, requires all sexual offenders who are incarcerated, but who have not yet registered as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender, to be registered in the institution in which they are incarcerated by no later than August 1, 2011.","HB1177"
"0268","Probation and Parole","As enacted, transfers supervision of the out of state parole and probation supervision registry from the TBI to the board of probation and parole.","HB1194"
"0269","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, provides that the HIV test a sexual offender is required to undergo must be performed within 48 hours after the presentment of the indictment or information and with or without the request of the victim; adds aggravated rape of a child and statutory rape by an authority figure to the list of offenses requiring HIV testing of the alleged perpetrator.","HB1270"
"0270","Public Employees","As enacted, adds firefighters and certain emergency services personnel to statute permitting law enforcement officers and certain TBI employees to request that an arrestee's blood be tested for certain infectious diseases.","HB1279"
"0271","Medical Occupations","As enacted, revises law regarding restrictions on physicians' rights following the termination or conclusion of employment.","HB1591"
"0272","Landlord and Tenant","As enacted, revises certain provisions of Uniform Landlord and Tenant Act.","HB1760"
"0273","Salaries and Benefits","As enacted, allows an employer to offset an employee's wages if the employee owes the employer money that the employer loaned or advanced the employee, in certain situations.","HB1819"
"0274","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, revises offense of producing, manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to produce, manufacture, or distribute the active chemical ingredient in the hallucinogenic plant salvia divinorum or the synthetic cannabinoids JWH-018, JWH-073, HU-210 and HU-211 to include other synthetic cannabinoids.","HB1889"
"0275","Juvenile Offenders","As enacted, specifies proper venue for proceedings in which a child who is in the custody of the department of children's services is alleged to be unruly.","HB2006"
"0276","Appropriations","As enacted, makes appropriations for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.","HB2133"
"0277","Bond Issues","As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds and anticipation notes of up to $106.4 million for purpose of grants to the Southeast Tennessee Development District and the Industrial Development Board of the City of Memphis and Shelby County.","HB2134"
"0278","Business and Commerce","As enacted, enacts the \"Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act.\"","HB0600"
"0245","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, requires the office of coordinated school health, in the department of education, to report to the general assembly by August 1, 2012, on the implementation of the requirement of each LEA to integrate at least 90 minutes of physical activity per week into the instructional school day for elementary and secondary school students.","HB0009"
"0247","Highway Signs","As enacted, names segment of S.R. 249 in Cheatham County in honor of the late Corporal Kristopher Daniel Greer, USMC.","HB0055"
"0248","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, revises provisions governing eligibility for unemployment compensation for certain persons who provide certain services for an educational institution or its students.","HB0123"
"0249","Highway Signs","As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to erect suitable signs or markers at the new transportation management center in Chattanooga in honor of Steve Karas; requires non-state funding for signs.","HB0220"
"0250","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the alcoholic beverage commission, June 30, 2013.","HB0260"
"0251","Education","As enacted, defines cyber-bullying and requires schools to implement policies against cyber-bullying.","HB0301"
"0252","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, creates exceptions to the exclusionary rule for good faith mistakes and technical violations in a search warrant.","HB0401"
"0253","Orders of Protection","As enacted, clarifies that order of protection issued pursuant to title 36, chapter 3, part 6, may require respondent to immediately and temporarily vacate a residence shared with the petitioner pending a hearing on the matter.","HB0415"
"0254","Courts","As enacted, provides that any revenue generated by county litigation tax for victim-offender mediation shall be used for the purpose of victim-offender mediation or other community mediation matters.","HB0533"
"0256","Public Records","As enacted, allows Anderson County register of deeds to redact social security numbers on recorded documents maintained on computers; also allows register of deeds to redact social security numbers on recorded documents at request of certain persons if practicable.","HB0775"
"0279","Zoning","As enacted, specifically authorizes municipal and county legislative bodies to adopt supplemental rules of procedure for their zoning boards of appeals that address the certain items.","SB0088"
"0280","Pensions and Retirement Benefits","As enacted, changes the method of selection of trustees of TCRS representing teachers and retired teachers from election by the representative assemblies of the Tennessee Education Association and the Tennessee Retired Teachers Association respectively to appointment by the speakers of the senate and the house; authorizes professional education employees' organizations to recommend persons to the speaker of each chamber of the general assembly for appointment to teacher trustee positions for TCRS.","SB0102"
"0281","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the standards committee, department of children's services, June 30, 2013; revises the membership of the child care agencies licensing standards committee, appointed by the commissioner of children's services.","SB0219"
"0282","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the standards committee, department of human services, June 30, 2013; revises the membership of the child care agencies licensing standards committee, appointed by the commissioner of human services.","SB0220"
"0283","Game and Fish Laws","As enacted, deletes wild hog from definition of \"big game\" and removes permitting requirements for hunting wild boars and wild hogs.","SB0307"
"0284","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, prohibits charging a teacher with a day of leave for any day on which the teacher's school or school district is closed because of natural disaster, inclement weather, serious outbreak of contagious illness or other unexpected event.","SB0449"
"0285","Unclaimed Property","As enacted, requires the treasurer to hold any abandoned military medal until the owner or owner's heirs or beneficiaries can be identified for the return of the medal; allows the treasurer to appoint a custodian such as a veterans' organization to hold such medal; imposes other requirements related to such medals.","SB0572"
"0286","Food and Food Products","As enacted, requires that honey sold or offered for sale in Tennessee must be labeled as 100 percent pure or not pure; authorizes any person who suffers an injury or death, or an ascertainable loss of money or property, as a result of a violation of the bill to bring an action individually to recover actual damages.","SB0703"
"0287","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, authorizes public library directors to reasonably restrict the access of any person listed on the sexual offender registry.","SB0710"
"0288","Education","As enacted, removes the provision whereby only students in K-12 who were enrolled in and attended a public school during the previous school year are eligible to participate in a virtual public education program.","SB0714"
"0289","Pharmacy, Pharmacists","As enacted, enacts the \"Pharmacy Benefit Integrity Act.\"","SB1065"
"0290","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, increases the amount of time a petitioner in a post-conviction relief action has to appeal the ruling of the trial court to the court of criminal appeals on a motion to reopen the petition from 10 to 30 days.","SB1086"
"0291","Education, Higher","As enacted, removes authorization of graduate students in audiology at public institutions of higher education to evaluate, prescribe and dispense hearing aids; removes prohibition on employees of hearing centers at public institutions of higher education serving private-practice patients in publicly owned facilities or referring patients to their own private practices; permits state public colleges and universities to establish and operate clinical and dispensary programs in speech pathology, speech therapy and audiology for the purpose of educating students and generating financial support necessary to operate and make necessary improvements to those programs.","SB1262"
"0292","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, enacts the \"I Hate Meth Act.\"","SB1265"
"0293","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, directs the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the curriculum standards for civics education to determine whether the course of instruction in all public schools is designed to effectively and rigorously educate children in local, state and federal government.","SB1483"
"0294","Trusts","As enacted, creates an exception to the general prohibition against assigning security interests in trust funds that are held for use in connection with the purchase of motor vehicles.","SB1582"
"0295","Public Contracts","As enacted, delays the implementation of certain provisions concerning the procurement commission and related topics; makes substantive changes in certain parts of procurement commission legislation.","SB1710"
"0296","Tobacco, Tobacco Products","As enacted, authorizes counties and cities to prohibit, by ordinance, smoking outside of hospitals or in the public areas immediately outside of a hospital building and its entrances, including public sidewalks.","SB1936"
"0297","Education","As enacted, deletes certain education-related reporting requirements; requires that certain reports be provided periodically instead of annually.","HB0037"
"0298","DUI Offenses","As enacted, clarifies various provisions of the ignition interlock requirements for certain DUI offenders.","HB0140"
"0299","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, provides that venue and territorial jurisdiction for the offense of identity theft may be where the victim resides or is located.","HB0151"
"0300","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy, June 30, 2011.","HB0245"
"0301","Election Laws","As enacted, makes the use of precinct-based optical scanners by a county election commission discretionary instead of mandatory.","HB0386"
"0302","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, provides that aggravated criminal trespass is also committed if the trespasser destroys or vandalizes a gate, fence, lock or other barrier in order to gain entrance to the property.","HB0583"
"0303","Taxes, Hotel Motel","As enacted, authorizes Lexington, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Lexington; the ordinance to set the rate and further set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be deducted for tourism development.","HB0587"
"0304","Sunset Laws","As enacted, terminates the teacher evaluation advisory committee.","HB0625"
"0305","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, clarifies provisions governing victims assistance assessment.","HB0693"
"0306","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, changes the sentence for the offense of rape of a child from a minimum of 25 years to a minimum Range II sentence; permits a Range III sentence to be imposed if appropriate.","HB0696"
"0307","Alcohol Offenses, Motor Vehicles","As enacted, permits an officer to test the blood alcohol content of certain drivers regardless of whether they consent.","HB0715"
"0308","Sexual Offenders","As enacted, allows three or more sexual offenders to establish primary or secondary residence together if the property on which they live has been zoned for a use other than residential or mixed use by the appropriate local zoning laws.","HB0808"
"0309","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, provides that venue for the prosecution of the offense of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture is proper in any county in which a drug or chemical used to produce meth or an immediate meth precursor is purchased.","HB0860"
"0310","Controlled Substances","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding law enforcement access to the controlled substances database and the application process for such access.","HB0954"
"0311","Election Laws","As enacted, authorizes the coordinator of elections to review the county election commission in the administration of election laws; gives the coordinator certain powers in conducting an investigation or a review.","HB1114"
"0312","Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies","As enacted, requires limited lines licensure for the sale or offer of coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance.","HB1267"
"0313","Child Abuse","As enacted, allows a court to prohibit any person convicted of child abuse or aggravated child abuse from contacting such person's victim if the person does not have any parental rights to such victim, including contact via electronic means.","HB1329"
"0314","Child Abuse","As enacted, revises law regarding custody of abused children.","HB1332"
"0315","Labor","As enacted, broadens scope of violence in the workplace laws.","HB1586"
"0316","Immigration","As enacted, enacts the \"Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act.\"","HB1632"
"0317","Safety","As enacted, revises certain provisions of law regarding electrical inspections and changes the date by which swimming pools have to be equipped with alarms.","HB1713"
"0318","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, includes certain nonprofit entities in Davidson County which operate in conjunction with a metropolitan hospital authority within the definition of \"governmental entity\" in the Governmental Tort Liability Act.","HB1755"
"0319","Probation and Parole","As enacted, clarifies that misdemeanor probation services may also be provided by a public company other than a municipality or county.","HB1778"
"0320","Civil Procedure","As enacted, increases the auctioneer's fee for sale of real property at public sale under any order or decree of any court from 6 percent to 8 percent.","HB1858"
"0321","Taxes, Privilege","As enacted, clarifies that a holder of an indebtedness has a duty to collect the tax imposed on the recordation of evidence of the indebtedness and to remit the tax as required by law.","HB1924"
"0322","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, provides that person who commits theft of services may be required to perform debris removal, cleanup, restoration or other necessary physical labor at the location within the area affected by a disaster or emergency, if the offense occurred: during or within 30 days following the occurrence of a tornado, flood, fire, or other disaster or emergency; within the area affected by the disaster or emergency; and when, as a result of the disaster or emergency, the owner of the property taken, or the person charged with custody of the property, is unable to adequately guard, secure or protect the property from theft.","HB1946"
"0323","Election Laws","As enacted, requires a voter to present qualified photographic identification before voting; voters without proper identification will be allowed to cast provisional ballots.","SB0016"
"0324","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of nursing, June 30, 2011.","SB0170"
"0325","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of finance and administration, June 30, 2016.","SB0178"
"0326","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the human rights commission, June 30, 2013; requires the division of state audit to return to the human rights commission on November 1, 2011, to review actions taken by the commission to address the internal control issues raised in the fourth finding in the April 2011 performance audit report.","SB0203"
"0327","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the department of transportation, June 30, 2016.","SB0206"
"0328","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee criminal justice coordinating council, June 30, 2013.","SB0226"
"0329","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends state procurement commission, state protest commission, and advisory council on state procurement, June 30, 2014.","SB0232"
"0330","Local Government, General","As enacted, authorizes local governments to establish community gardening programs.","SB0609"
"0331","Children","As enacted, directs the perinatal advisory committee within the department of health to study issues and policy options relating to hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for premature infants born less than 37 weeks gestational age to ensure standardized and coordinated processes are followed as premature infants leave the hospital from either a Level 1 (well baby nursery), Level 2 (step down or transitional nursery) or Level 3 (neonatal intensive care unit) unit and transition to follow-up care by a healthcare provider in the community.","SB0616"
"0332","Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency","As enacted, authorizes TWRA to enter into partnership agreements with nonprofit organizations to promote agency goals and objectives including the development of marketing opportunities.","SB0763"
"0333","Highway Signs","As enacted, names \"SPC Michael E. Harr Memorial Bridge\" on S.R. 126 in Sullivan County.","SB0813"
"0334","Highway Signs","As enacted, names \"Orville Depew 'Dick' Kitzmiller and Riley Lee Milhorn Memorial Bridge,\" on S.R. 75 in Sullivan County.","SB0814"
"0335","Local Education Agencies","As enacted, specifies that persons who are employed by an LEA in a position for which no teaching license is required must be hired at the will of the director of schools; requires local boards of education to develop policies for dismissing employees in positions for which no teaching license is required.","SB0905"
"0336","Pensions and Retirement Benefits","As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of retirement benefits that may be paid in a lump sum to a state employee's surviving spouse or next of kin in the absence of knowledge of a purported will naming a surviving executor.","SB1007"
"0337","Driver Licenses","As enacted, subject to funding, authorizes honorably discharged veterans to have language or a symbol indicating their military service placed on their driver license; requires the department of veterans' affairs, in consultation with the department of safety, to develop appropriate language or military symbol.","SB1023"
"0338","Game and Fish Laws","As enacted, creates the commercial fishing advisory committee; requires TWRA to request approval from the Convention for the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) to establish a length limit of at least 36 inches and an annual season length no shorter than November 15 to April 15; requires TWRA to develop a plan to study sustainability, population conditions, and juvinal survival rates on waters not currently open to commercial roe fishing.","SB1140"
"0339","Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency","As enacted, specifies that the county executive of Roane County may designate a person from the office of the county sheriff or from the county office of emergency management to accompany an agent of TWRA when inspecting a Class I wildlife facility in Roane County.","SB1192"
"0340","Physicians and Surgeons","As enacted, regulates pain management clinics and requires that such clinics apply for certification as such a clinic with the department of health.","SB1258"
"0341","Mining and Quarrying","As enacted, prohibits an operator from engaging in rock harvesting without having first obtained a permit or a notice of coverage under a general permit from the commissioner of environment and conservation; imposes other requirements.","SB1288"
"0342","Election Laws","As enacted, requires any county election commission desiring to use ballot-on-demand technology to have approval by the coordinator of elections 60 days before any election; requires the coordinator of elections and the state election commission to provide an approved list of available ballot-on-demand technology vendors from which the county election commission must select for use.","SB1431"
"0343","Revenue, Dept. of","As enacted, allows taxpayers and the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate to enter into agreements extending the one-year statute of limitations period for filing suits in chancery court challenging denied claims for refund.","SB1448"
"0344","Insurance, Health, Accident","As enacted, removes provisions regarding the small employer carrier committee and risk-assuming and reinsuring carriers under the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act and rewrites law regarding accident and sickness insurance rates.","SB1539"
"0345","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, extends the tax on intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded to July 15, 2013.","SB1541"
"0346","State Government","As enacted, creates the Tennessee interagency cash flow committee.","SB1571"
"0347","School Districts, Special","As enacted, permits a city and a special school district with coterminous boundaries to specify by contract that city funding for the district shall be used half for district operations and half for issuance of bonds and, upon agreement of the city legislative body and the school board at the time that the bonds are issued, proceeds of any such bond issue shall be used for maintenance and construction at schools existing at the time the bonds are issued.","SB1602"
"0348","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, includes entertainment services in services the theft of which constitutes theft of services; specifies that a person commits theft of services by intentionally obtaining services by forgery or false statement, in addition to deception, fraud, coercion, false pretense or any other means, to avoid payment for the services; specifies that victims may report violations and testify.","SB1659"
"0349","General Assembly","As enacted, changes time within which fiscal review committee must submit a fiscal note on legislation from within 7 days of introduction or request to within 10 days of introduction or request.","SB1721"
"0350","Local Government, General","As enacted, authorizes up to four special censuses in certain situations.","SB1771"
"0351","Students","As enacted, specifies that beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a student in the third grade may not be promoted to the next grade level unless the student has shown a basic understanding of curriculum and ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading as demonstrated by the student's grades or standardized test results; such student may be promoted if the student participates in an LEA approved research-based intervention prior to the beginning of the next school year; act does not apply to any student who has an IEP pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.","SB1776"
"0352","Sports","As enacted, specifies that a person does not compromise their amateur status for purposes of the Tennessee Athletic Commission Act of 2008 by competing in an event held by a sanctioned olympic organization.","SB1788"
"0353","Public Records","As enacted, specifies that, under law regarding records open to public inspection, \"public record\" or \"state record\" does not include the device or equipment that may have been used to create or store a public or state record.","SB1951"
"0354","Forfeiture of Assets","As enacted, provides that real and personal property used in commission of human trafficking offenses is subject to judicial forfeiture seizure and provides for disposition of funds from forfeited assets.","HB0171"
"0355","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the air pollution control board, June 30, 2011.","HB0240"
"0356","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners, June 30, 2011.","HB0241"
"0357","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of examiners for architects and engineers, June 30, 2011.","HB0242"
"0358","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the board of examiners for nursing home administrators, June 30, 2011.","HB0243"
"0359","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the committee for clinical perfusionists, June 30, 2011.","HB0246"
"0360","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the council for hearing instrument specialists, June 30, 2011.","HB0247"
"0361","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the emergency medical services board, June 30, 2011.","HB0250"
"0362","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, broadens offense of harassment to include certain electronic communication with or about another person or transmission or display of certain images; in certain circumstances, allows law enforcement to access log files, images or communications posted on social network services' Web sites.","HB0300"
"0363","Law Enforcement","As enacted, establishes requirements for retired law enforcement officer to become certified to carry a firearm in this state in the same manner and to same extent as active law enforcement officer.","HB0395"
"0364","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, revises the trauma center funding law; includes licensed Level IV institutions in definition of trauma center.","HB0515"
"0365","Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)","As enacted, establishes job qualifications for directors of local emergency management agencies.","HB0544"
"0366","Civil Procedure","As enacted, establishes provisions governing survival of certain rights of actions in regard to a surviving spouse who has abandoned the deceased spouse.","HB0789"
"0367","Bail, Bail Bonds","As enacted, authorizes the use of a duplicate capias for the arrest or surrender of an individual when the clerk is unavailable to provide a certified capias.","HB0962"
"0368","Tort Liability and Reform","As enacted, removes a statutory reference to notice provisions of the Governmental Tort Liability Act that are no longer in existence; establishes certain immunity for local board of education and school official in regard to entry or use of school property by others outside of regularly scheduled school activities.","HB1151"
"0369","Hospitals and Health Care Facilities","As enacted, prohibits a health care institution that treats drug abuse patients from being held liable for any damages resulting from the introduction of harmful substances into an indwelling catheter placed in the patient, provided that the health care institution informs the patient of such immunity.","HB1172"
"0370","Sheriffs","As enacted, revises certain requirements which a person must meet in order to qualify for election or appointment to the office of sheriff; revises law regarding verification of POST certification of any person seeking the office of sheriff; and removes certain provisions regarding when a person runs for sheriff or is elected as sheriff and does not possess a current and valid peace officer certification.","HB1190"
"0371","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates segment of S.R. 68 in Monroe County as \"Bob 'Single Wing' Harrill Memorial Highway.\"","HB1243"
"0372","Education, Curriculum","As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the current elementary and secondary curriculum standards for the subject of United States and Tennessee government.","HB1625"
"0373","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, increases penalty for disorderly conduct within 500 feet of a funeral or memorial service from Class C misdemeanor to Class B misdemeanor.","HB1869"
"0374","Housing","As enacted, revises certain provisions of the \"Neighborhood Preservation Act.\"","HB1881"
"0375","Highway Signs","As enacted, expresses intent to name certain bridge in Franklin County in honor of the late D. Alex Stephens.","HB2116"
"0376","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, excludes periods of temporary total disability under the workers' compensation law from calculation of base period for purposes of unemployment compensation.","SB0040"
"0377","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, enhances penalties for patronizing prostitution and promoting prostitution in certain instances; provides immunity for minors arrested for prostitution.","SB0064"
"0378","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, enacts the \"Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011.\"","SB0113"
"0379","DUI Offenses","As enacted, increases the minimum time that a driver license may be revoked for third and fourth and subsequent DUI convictions from three and five years to six and eight years.","SB0343"
"0380","Teachers, Principals  and School Personnel","As enacted, requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review current policies, rules and regulations pertaining to transitional licensure options and make recommendations relative to certain items.","SB0688"
"0381","Election Laws","As enacted, changes the early voting period when a presidential preference primary is held or an election is held at the same time as a presidential preference primary, to not more than 20 days nor less than seven days before the day of the election, instead of not more than 20 nor less than five days before the day of the election.","SB0923"
"0382","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, creates exemption from excise and franchise tax for entities owned by a branch of the U.S. armed forces that derive more than half of gross income from operation of facilities located on federally owned or leased property and operate primarily to benefit armed forces members.","SB1161"
"0383","Tourism","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Rural Development Act of 2011.\"","SB1205"
"0384","Industrial Development","As enacted, authorizes industrial development corporations located in municipalities in which urban brownfield redevelopment projects are located to prepare and submit economic impact plans for the development of such projects.","SB1334"
"0385","Municipal Government","As enacted, authorizes certain municipality located in a tier 3 enhancement county, acting through the authorization of the board of public utilities or other board or supervisory body having responsibility for the gas department or electric department, to loan funds from the gas department or electric department to an eligible industrial development corporation for the purpose of economic development or industrial development, or both, in certain circumstances.","SB1348"
"0386","Election Laws","As enacted, clarifies certain provisions governing the casting of a provisional ballot.","SB1598"
"0387","Food and Food Products","As enacted, authorizes the sale of nonpotentially hazardous foods that are prepared in home based kitchens at a person's personal residence, a community or social event, including church bazaars and festivals, and flea markets, in addition to authorizing the sale of such foods at farmer's markets; establishes other requirements.","SB1850"
"0388","Agriculture","As enacted, authorizes persons who are licensed to sell eggs to sell, offer, or expose for sale, or have in the person's possession for sale, all eggs produced by the person unless limited otherwise by federal law.","SB1851"
"0389","Campaigns and Campaign Finance","As enacted, increases contribution limits to reflect change in the CPI; allows corporations to contribute to candidates; revises certain other provisions regarding campaign funds.","SB1915"
"0390","Public Employees","As enacted, provides an unpaid leave of absence for members of the Tennessee state guard and civil air patrol.","SB1996"
"0391","Unemployment Compensation","As enacted, extends the period in which an eligible person may collect extended unemployment benefits pursuant to the federal Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.","HB2156"
"0392","Utilities, Utility Districts","As enacted, revises various provisions regarding utility districts, water systems and wastewater systems including provisions governing a required bond and annual audit; revises law regarding the filling of vacancies on the board of commissioners of a utility district and the filling of vacancies in the office of a utility district commissioner and removes certain exceptions to various requirements regarding utility districts.","SB0741"
"0393","Sexual Offenses","As enacted, provides that offense of soliciting the sexual exploitation of a minor can be prosecuted in this state against person located outside the state if the person solicited a law enforcement officer posing as a minor located within this state.","SB0069"
"0394","Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation","As enacted, changes the number and qualifications of students, the selection process, and term length for appointment to the board of the Tennessee student assistance corporation.","SB0077"
"0395","General Assembly","As enacted, requires TBI to conduct background investigations for persons appointed by the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house; limits number of such investigations to 15 per calendar year per speaker.","SB0256"
"0396","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, increases the Hall income tax exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older to $26,200 for single filers and $37,000 for persons filing jointly beginning January 1, 2012.","SB0261"
"0397","Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration","As enacted, establishes procedures for labeling a motor vehicle a \"methamphetamine vehicle\" on the title, due to its being used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.","SB0266"
"0398","Taxes, Sales","As enacted, creates sales and use tax exemption for purchase of building supplies for construction of storm or tornado shelters purchased between July 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011.","SB0267"
"0399","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offenses regarding drawing and filing of deeds without actual ownership of property.","SB0389"
"0400","Parks, Natural Areas Preservation","As enacted, designates Old Forest in Shelby County as a Class II Natural-Scientific Area.","SB0439"
"0401","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, adds attempting or intending to cause bodily injury by strangulation to the definition of aggravated assault.","SB0476"
"0402","Orders of Protection","As enacted, allows the court to assess court costs, filing fees, litigation taxes and attorneys' fees against a petitioner seeking an order of protection if court does not issue or extend order of protection and makes certain other findings.","SB0509"
"0403","Veterans","As enacted, provides that a Tennessee Distinguished Service Medal may be awarded on behalf of the people of the state of Tennessee to an individual serving on active duty who has been killed in action, while engaging in certain military service.","SB0541"
"0404","Taxes, Exemption and Credits","As enacted, exempts not-for-profits owning and operating water companies from 3 percent gross receipts tax.","SB0542"
"0405","State Employees","As enacted, requires longevity pay for eligible state employees who previously worked for health departments of home rule municipalities; establishes eligibility criteria.","SB0546"
"0406","Domestic Violence","As enacted, authorizes magistrates to require a defendant to wear a global positioning monitoring system as a condition of bail in any domestic violence, stalking, aggravated stalking, or especially aggravated stalking case or in any case in which the defendant is in violation of an order of protection; the defendant must pay for the use of such system if able.","SB0567"
"0407","Taxes, Sales","As enacted, authorizes repeal of Tennessee River Resort District status by two-thirds vote of legislative body of jurisdiction.","SB0601"
"0408","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, specifies that when a defendant commits a homicide or assault against a pregnant woman, the woman's fetus, regardless of viability, is also considered a victim of the offense.","SB0633"
"0409","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, increases the penalties for discharging a firearm into a habitation.","SB0690"
"0410","General Assembly","As enacted, abolishes certain statutorily created, legislative oversight committees and assigns certain responsibilities to certain legislative standing committees.","SB0725"
"0411","Alcoholic Beverages","As enacted, revises the provision regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain unincorporated areas.","SB0730"
"0412","Election Laws","As enacted, revises various election law procedures concerning registration notification forms, times for appointment of election officials, inclusion of voter's date of birth on application to vote absentee, and establishing a mechanism for non-resident property owners to vote absentee by mail.","SB0772"
"0413","Firearms and Ammunition","As enacted, specifies procedures for determining retired law enforcement officer's eligibility to carry a firearm under federal law.","SB0775"
"0414","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, sunsets the current post-conviction defender commission; creates a new post-conviction defender oversight commission.","SB0827"
"0415","Taxes, Real Property","As enacted, revises provisions governing tax exemption for certain public radio and television stations; prohibits the assessment of state board of equalization hearing costs against a non-prevailing party that is not the appellant.","SB0852"
"0416","Employees, Employers","As enacted, makes various revisions to employment law.","SB0932"
"0417","Estates","As enacted, revises various provisions relative to administration of estates; makes certain revisions in regard to jurisdiction in Greene County; conforms state law to extend the time period for certain disclaimers as authorized by the federal Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act.","SB0943"
"0418","Taxes, Ad Valorem","As enacted, authorizes property tax relief to surviving spouses of disabled veterans who would have been eligible for relief had the veteran qualified under later amendments to the law.","SB1100"
"0419","Regional Authorities and Special Districts","As enacted, authorizes the East Tennessee regional agribusiness marketing authority to plan, acquire, construct, improve, extend, furnish, equip, finance, own, operate and maintain a wastewater treatment and collection system within the region served by the authority.","SB1239"
"0420","Regional Authorities and Special Districts","As enacted, enacts the \"Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act.\"","SB1420"
"0421","Education, Higher","As enacted, allows state agencies to provide free and discounted services to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation; requires that the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation bear any costs associated with the operation of the general assembly's chambers.","SB1445"
"0422","Workers Compensation","As enacted, revises various provisions of workers' compensation law regarding construction services providers.","SB1550"
"0423","Driver Licenses","As enacted, provides for issuance of photo identification license free of charge to person who signs an affidavit stating the person: does not have a valid government issued photo identification; is a registered voter in this state; and needs the photo identification license for voting purposes.","SB1666"
"0424","Education, Higher","As enacted, changes various requirements for registration of athlete agents, providing notice of athlete agent activities to higher education institutions and penalties for violations of Athlete Agent Reform Act of 2011.","SB1671"
"0425","Traffic Safety","As enacted, revises enforcement provisions of unmanned traffic surveillance cameras.","SB1684"
"0426","Education","As enacted, requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to state licensed residential mental health facilities on a prorated daily basis for the student's length of stay, provided certain criteria have been met.","SB1707"
"0427","Lottery, Scholarships and Programs","As enacted, allows a student with a documented medical disability that restricts the student's attendance to part-time to petition for an extension of time in which to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; revises law regarding the dual enrollment grant.","SB2008"
"0428","Education, Dept. of","As enacted, specifies that the commissioner may appoint to the state-level safety team a representative from \"directors of schools, members of local boards of education, public school teachers, school counselors and psychologists, and parents of students enrolled in public schools\" instead of from \"the Tennessee organization of school superintendents, the Tennessee school boards association, the Tennessee education association, and the Tennessee state parent teacher association.\"","HB0146"
"0429","Criminal Procedure","As enacted, directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to determine whether there are impediments inhibiting insurance companies from underwriting coverage for situations where person uses force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting self or person.","HB0155"
"0430","Tennessee Regulatory Authority","As enacted, clarifies that exemption from TRA regulation applies to any cooperative organization not organized or doing business for profit, cooperative association not organized or doing business for profit, or cooperative corporation not organized or doing business for profit; exempts from public utility regulation by TRA any 501(c)(4) corporation that owns or operates a wastewater system primarily for the use of the members of the corporation and that has received a written statement of exemption from regulation as a public utility from TRA prior to January 1, 2009.","HB0166"
"0431","Sunset Laws","As enacted, extends the Tennessee medical laboratory board, June 30, 2011.","HB0257"
"0432","Highway Signs","As enacted, designates bridge at State Route 109 and U.S. Highway 70 / State Route 24 in Wilson County the \"Spc. Michael Lane Stansbery Jr. Memorial Bridge.\"","HB0546"
"0433","Child Custody and Support","As enacted, requires that in taking into account the child's best interest for purposes of a child custody arrangement, the court shall order a custody arrangement that permits both parents to enjoy the maximum participation possible in the life of the child.","HB0571"
"0434","Health, Dept. of","As enacted, prohibits any licensed physician or osteopathic physician from performing or attempting to perform any abortion, including a medically induced abortion, or from prescribing any drug or device intended to cause a medical abortion, except in the physical presence of the pregnant woman; no drug or device intended to cause a medical abortion may be administered or dispensed to a pregnant woman except in the physical presence of her physician.","SB0424"
"0435","Criminal Offenses","As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Act.\"","HB0172"
"0436","Immigration","As enacted, enacts the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act; revises other provisions of law regarding employment of persons unlawfully present in the country.","HB1378"