Tennessee 105th General Assembly - Public Acts Search

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Chapter Number Subject Abstract Bill Number
0901 Sexual Offenders Provides that person convicted of sexual offense or violent sexual offense is not eligible for work release whether housed in the department of correction, a local facility, or a private prison. SB3162
0902 Criminal Offenses Clarifies that to constitute criminal violation of order of protection or restraining order that the court must make finding of fact in the protection or restraining order that the person was a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking. SB3326
0903 State Government Changes entities eligible for diabetes grants from the Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement. SB3806
0904 Contractors Provides, under certain circumstances, for limited licensure of non-resident contractors from states that do not practice reciprocity with licensees of the Tennessee board for licensing contractors. SB3902
0905 Building Commission, State Encourages commission to promulgate rules and regulations that require design, construction, and certification of state buildings with at least a rating of two Green Globes or equivalent rating. SB3992
0906 Children's Services, Dept. of Gives foster parents, prospective adoptive parents, and relatives of a child notice of the right to be heard at a hearing regarding the child and provides that juvenile-family crisis intervention must certify that court intervention is necessary either through sworn testimony or in writing. HB3144
0907 Codes Establishes the minimum energy conservation standards for any new residential building construction on or after January 1, 2008, as the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code (I.E.C.C.); specifies what an energy efficiency and environmental building standard adopted by the state or a local jurisdiction may include; encourages builders to voluntarily utilize the 2006 I.E.C.C. standards for residential or commercial construction. SB0116
0908 Uniform Laws Enacts the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." SB2624
0909 Handicapped Persons Increases fine for unauthorized parking in a spot limited to disabled persons to $200 and authorizes imposition of five hours of community service. SB2706
0910 Highway Signs "Esquire Fred Ashley Howell and Tilda Hildren Culp Howell Memorial Bridge," Cedar Creek on State Route 128 in Perry County SB2776
0911 Highway Signs "Johnson E. Doyle Memorial Bridge," spanning Cane Creek on State Route 438 in Perry County SB3520
0912 Highway Signs "Deanna Glossup Memorial Bridge," U.S. Highway 64 Bypass in Giles County SB3913
0913 Highway Signs "Bobby Claud 'BJ' Englett, Jr. Memorial Bridge," U.S. Highway 64 in Giles County SB3914
0914 Privacy, Confidentiality Adds Bureau of TennCare's chief medical officer, associate chief medical directors, director of quality oversight, and associate director of pharmacy to list of persons to whom information contained in controlled substance database may be disclosed. SB4166
0915 Sunset Laws Post-conviction defender commission, June 30, 2013. HB2697
0916 Education Requires the commissioner of education to report on a semi-annual basis to the select oversight committee on education and the education committees of each house of the general assembly regarding disciplinary actions in Tennessee schools. HB3321
0917 Open Meetings Exempts marketing strategies and strategic plans including feasibility studies of certain hospitals from open meetings law and public records law until adopted by the hospital board; establishes criteria for closed meeting of hospital board of trustees in regard to such strategies and plans. HB3504
0918 Tort Liability and Reform Extends immunity granted under the Governmental Tort Liability Act to persons or entities that contract with the regional transportation authority. SB1183
0919 Tort Liability and Reform Revises various provisions governing medical malpractice actions. SB2001
0920 Fire Prevention and Investigation Enacts the "Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act." SB2306
0921 Tort Liability and Reform Limits a volunteer crisis response team member's liability for injuries or infliction of emotional distress caused by an act or omission during the course of a crisis response. SB2636
0922 Day Care Requires background checks to be completed prior to employment at day care centers and department of human services. SB2708
0923 Public Records Authorizes, as a pilot project in Knox County, a governing body to allow electronic communication between members under certain conditions; and exempts qualifying communication from open meetings law. SB3086
0924 County Clerks Revises various fees for county clerks. SB3195
0925 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel Adds licensed teacher's leave to visit a spouse, child, or parent deployed for military duty to present situations eligible for mandatory grant of leave from employment; authorizes licensed teachers to take up to 10 days leave without forfeiture of leave credits, tenure, or other fringe benefits, in order to visit a spouse, child, or parent deployed for military duty out of the country who has been granted rest and recuperation leave. SB3364
0926 Consumer Protection Requires that health club agreement inform the buyer that the buyer may cancel the agreement by midnight of the seventh business day after the day the agreement was signed, if the agreement is subject to a finance charge; clarifies what qualifies as a "health club agreement." SB3420
0927 Health Care Defines "Level II office-based surgery" and specifies the requirements that must be adhered to by physicians that perform such procedures. SB3484
0928 Election Laws Makes various changes to election laws, including when 30th day before election falls on Sunday, Saturday, or legal holiday, applications for registration shall be accepted and processed through the 29th day before the election. SB3650
0929 Municipal Government Grants municipalities an additional year to meet the requirement of employing a certified municipal finance officer; authorizes a municipality with $100,000 or less in gross revenues for all funds, including utilities but excluding one time non-recurring grants, and with debt totaling $100,000 or less in the immediately preceding fiscal year to employ an individual who has earned at least 24 hours of continuing education units of financial education for the calendar year instead of employing a certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) or contracting with a CMFO or a qualified individual who is exempt from CMFO certification for financial oversight. SB3948
0930 Uniform Commercial Code Revises Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code. SB3993
0931 Education Requires LEAs to provide remediation services to any student who fails a portion of any Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test and annually report the number and type of all such interventions to the commissioner of education. HB0081
0932 Radio and Television Enacts the "Competitive Cable and Video Services Act." HB1421
0933 Contracts Requires a procuring state agency that has been granted a special delegated authority, pursuant to rules authorized by law regarding contracts for state services, to establish fee-for-service contracts to report to the fiscal review committee a listing of all contracts awarded under the delegated authority. HB3098
0934 Pensions and Retirement Benefits Requires the treasurer to report to the members of the council on pensions and insurance any holdings of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system in securities issued by companies that have substantial current operations in nations determined by the United States Department of State to be state-sponsors of terrorism. HB3362
0935 Insurance, Health, Accident Requires that the premium payment be made on or before the beginning of each month's coverage and requires that payment of the full month's group premium be paid instead of payments being made in three-month increments. HB1482
0936 Pharmacy, Pharmacists Requires any person dispensing a legend drug for an elder person to include on the label of the container in which the legend drug is dispensed the indication or indications for which the drug is being prescribed if requested by the prescriber, patient or patient's caregiver and the prescriber, patient or patient's caregiver provides the indication or indications to the person dispensing the legend drug; provides immunity for liability under certain circumstances. HB3298
0937 Unclaimed Property Makes certain working papers obtained or compiled by the treasurer, or the treasurer's agents, employees, or designated representatives, in the course of conducting an audit for unclaimed property under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and any information that identifies the fact that a particular person, institution, business, or entity was or is the subject of an audit under the Act confidential under certain circumstances. HB3793
0938 Basic Education Program (BEP) Requires the department of education to develop a formula for distributing Internet funding to LEAs. SB3286
0939 Election Laws Authorizes any person to vote in the county where the person pays property taxes on the person's primary residence even though the property is partially or totally located in another county, but the only access to the property is through the county where the person pays property taxes. SB1578
0940 School Superintendents Requires extension of contract of director of schools to be the first item on the agenda of board meeting in which contract extension is to be considered and changes the period of notice required for such action from 10 days to 15 days prior to the meeting in which contract extension is to be considered. SB2155
0941 Sunset Laws Board of probation and parole, June 30, 2013. SB2405
0942 Sunset Laws Department of mental health and developmental disabilities, statewide planning and policy council, June 30, 2013. SB2419
0943 Sunset Laws Department of mental health and developmental disabilities, June 30, 2013. SB2420
0944 Sunset Laws Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction board, June 30, 2014. SB2457
0945 Sunset Laws Tennessee emergency management agency, June 30, 2012. SB2462
0946 Sunset Laws Civil defense and disaster compact, June 30, 2012. SB2479
0947 Sunset Laws Tennessee regulatory authority, June 30, 2013. SB2501
0948 Sunset Laws Tennessee municipal solid waste advisory committee, June 30, 2014. SB2502
0949 Sunset Laws Tennessee higher education commission, June 30, 2012. SB2503
0950 Sunset Laws State forestry commission, June 30, 2012. SB2511
0951 Sunset Laws Terminates the public health council. SB2515
0952 Sunset Laws Wastewater financing board, June 30, 2014. SB2521
0953 Sunset Laws Southern regional emergency management assistance compact, June 30, 2012. SB2536
0954 Sunset Laws State board of accountancy, June 30, 2012. SB2537
0955 Education Authorizes the civic education commission to continue to meet and perform its work; requires the commission to make a final report to the governor and the education committee of each house of the general assembly no later than July 1, 2009, at which time the commission would cease to exist. SB2566
0956 Handicapped Persons Requires businesses provide disabled parking; if at least four disabled parking spots are provided, one parking space should be van accessible; specifies other requirements for such parking spots. SB2571
0957 DUI/DWI Offenses Deletes the present law requirement that a blood alcohol test or drug test must be administered within two hours of a person's arrest or initial detention in order for the results of the test to be admissible in court. SB2623
0958 Guardianship Clarifies that the court may order that funds awarded to a minor whose parents are divorced be delivered all or in part to either parent if the court finds that such order would best serve the welfare of the minor. SB2785
0959 Motor Vehicles Permits the operation of medium speed vehicles on public highways. SB2857
0960 Highway Signs "Bob Sheehan Memorial Bridge," spanning Stones River on U. S. Highway 70 (Lebanon Pike) in Davidson County SB2884
0961 Taxes, Litigation Authorizes Anderson County and Rutherford County to adopt a resolution imposing litigation taxes of up to $25.00 per case to be used for courthouse security; authorizes Cocke County to levy litigation tax of up to $25.00. SB3075
0962 Traffic Safety Creates a procedure for issuing citations based on evidence from a traffic light signal monitoring system. SB3258
0963 Education, Dept. of Specifies that each local school board's plan for compliance with nutritional breakfast and lunch programs require that availability of local agriculture products, freshness and transportation costs be considered. SB3341
0964 Motor Vehicles Prohibits any state agency or political subdivision of the state that installs, owns, operates, or maintains a traffic-control signal light in an intersection that employs a surveillance camera for the enforcement or monitoring of traffic violations from reducing the time of exposure of the yellow light at the intersection with the intended purpose of increasing the number of traffic violations. SB3423
0965 Ethics Extends reporting deadline of special joint study committee on ethics from March 1, 2008, to May 1, 2008; revises lobbyist gift prohibition in regard to goody bags, exhibition promotional items, and meals provided in conjunction with certain conferences. SB3917
0966 Pharmacy, Pharmacists Requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules relative to centralized prescription processing; specifies that each pharmacy participating in centralized prescription processing must be licensed by the board. SB3937
0967 Driver Education Authorizes motor vehicles used in driver education and training courses to use amber lights in the front and rear of such motor vehicles. SB4008
0968 Credit Unions Authorizes a credit union to convert its charter in order to do business as another type of financial institution. SB4171
0969 Medical Occupations Creates Tennessee medical examiner advisory council, makes various changes to the Post-Mortem Examination Act. SB4201
0970 Carroll County Enlarges the authority for the Carroll County Watershed Authority to issue bonds from the present amount of $1,000,000 to $12,000,000. SB4232
0971 County Officers Directs the code commission to change all references of "tax assessors" to "assessors of property" as sections are amended or volumes are replaced. HB3128
0972 Highway Patrol Authorizes retired highway patrol officers to work for local law enforcement agencies. HB3281
0973 Criminal Offenses Clarifies that harassment by electronic communication includes text messaging and facsimile transmissions in addition to email or Internet services. HB3513
0974 Sunset Laws Chickasaw basin authority, June 30, 2014. HB3535
0975 Sunset Laws Sequatchie Valley planning and development agency, June 30, 2014. HB3574
0976 Sunset Laws West Tennessee river basin authority, June 30, 2014. HB3582
0977 Human Rights Enacts the "Racial Profiling Prevention Act." HB4001
0978 DUI/DWI Offenses Authorizes court to order DUI offender to attend a victims impact panel program; requires attendee to pay fee of between $25.00 and $50.00; clarifies provisions governing payment for drug and alcohol assessment and treatment ordered by court. HB0831
0979 Sexual Offenders Requires sexual offenders to supply the TBI with information concerning electronic mail address information and to notify the offender's registering agency within three days of changing any such information. SB2594
0980 District Attorneys Defines "prior law enforcement experience" for purposes of the executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference certifying prior service credits for prior law enforcement experience in order to certify the entry level of compensation awarded to criminal investigators of the district attorneys general. SB2646
0981 Transportation, Dept. of Requires the division of multimodal resources in the department to conduct a comprehensive study to identify and inventory all coordination of human service transportation in this state; requires the department to apply for any federal grants or assistance that are available to enhance coordination of human service transportation. SB2835
0982 Public Health Prohibits the department of health from assigning an individual to inspect a nursing home facility at which the individual has ever been employed. SB2889
0983 Education, Curriculum Requires each LEA to include art and music education for grades K-8; encourages LEAs to fully implement the art and music curriculum adopted by the state board of education through both art and music classes, as well as integration into other core academic subjects. SB2920
0984 Planning, Public Changes time frame for regional planning commission to approve or disapprove plat before plat is deemed approved to 60 days after initial consideration, with certain exceptions for holidays and unexpected interceding events that close government offices and affect the normal computation of the 60-day period; requires that plat be placed on agenda of the planning commission within 30 days of the filing or the next regularly scheduled meeting after the 30-day period. SB2946
0985 School Transportation Encourages each LEA to conduct an investigation to determine if any special hazard zones are present within walking routes children commonly utilize going to and from school. SB3080
0986 Safety Provides that a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a flood warning sign or barricade placed at a flooded road area commits reckless driving; provides governmental immunity for the governmental entity that posted the sign or barricade. SB3143
0987 Insurance, Health, Accident Prohibits a health insurance carrier from requiring a provider to notify the carrier of a hospital inpatient emergency admission within a period of time that is less than one business day of the hospital inpatient admission, if compliance with such requirement would result in notification by the provider on a weekend or federal holiday. SB3212
0988 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Authorizes the TBI to investigate, without a request from the district attorney general, victimization of children by means of a computer or other electronic communications device. SB3408
0989 Education, Dept. of Requires the development of acceptable Internet use policies for public and private schools to protect children from certain online material. SB3702
0990 Regional Authorities and Special Districts Authorizes a development district to construct a building for its own use. SB3748
0991 Pensions and Retirement Benefits Authorizes certain local government employees to receive other retirement benefits such as life, dental, and vision insurance; bonds may be issued to fund such additional benefits. SB3813
0992 State Employees Authorizes members of civil air patrol who are state employees to receive their regular compensation while participating in authorized training or emergency services. SB3881
0993 Education Creates a two-year pilot initiative for metro Nashville public schools and Davidson County wherein class sizes in career and technical education classes may be extended not to exceed the limit set for academic classes in grades seven through 12, only where programs are implemented that use the career academy or small learning community model; requires the department of education to convene a committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations based on the two-year pilot initiative. SB4136
0994 Domestic Relations Expands the reasons a court may waive or extend the mediation requirement for parties in a divorce or separate maintenance proceeding; creates exception to mediation in irreconcilable difference cases where parties have filed marital dissolution agreement and, if applicable, a parenting plan. HB2538
0995 Sunset Laws Beech River watershed development authority, board of directors, June 30, 2014. HB2705
0996 Education Urges local boards of education and their respective directors of schools to make every effort to staff grades kindergarten through 12 teaching positions with personnel fully licensed and endorsed for those grades. HB2755
0997 Lottery, Charitable Broadens charitable gaming by authorizing single location annual events to be operated in counties contiguous to county in which organization has a physical presence. HB2796
0998 Public Health Requires county health departments that have existing dental resources and that receive state and/or federal funding to provide comprehensive dental care for indigent children and emergency dental care for indigent adults, to extent possible within budgetary limitations; requires commissioner of health to develop statewide strategy for the provisions of adult emergency oral health care. HB3295
0999 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Requires health care facilities, as part of their infection control program, to perform as risk assessment for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the facility. HB3311
1000 Banks and Financial Institutions Restricts credit card solicitations to college students while on campus. HB3393

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