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Chapter Number Subject Abstract Bill Number
0797 Public Records As enacted, revises the manner in which and by whom military discharge records may be viewed. HB2670
0798 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, changes the date by which teachers must be notified in writing of their dismissal or failure of reelection for the next school year from April 15 to May 15. HB2772
0799 Bail, Bail Bonds As enacted, authorizes a bail bondsman to return a defendant to the jurisdiction for which the bail bond is obligated for the defendant's appearance, provided that the bail bondsman is liable for the expenses of returning the defendant and the defendant is located within this state. HB2801
0800 Industrial Development As enacted, revises definition of "project" in industrial development corporation statute and authorizes certain assistance, including certain revenues, in cases involving a central business improvement district and an industrial development corporation. HB3044
0801 Public Contracts As enacted, revises the current requirements concerning information that must be contained on the outside of the envelope containing the bid to also require such information be included in an electronic bid; removes criminal penalty for noncompliance and instead authorizes civil penalty of up to $5,000. HB3158
0802 Aircraft and Airports As enacted, authorizes creation of regional airport authority by three or more municipalities and counties and at least one political subdivision of another state. HB3309
0803 Juvenile Offenders As enacted, requires an official from the facility or the department of children's services to notify chief law enforcement officer of the county of an escape from a secure detention or correctional facility by a juvenile who is alleged or adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. HB3420
0804 Veterinarians As enacted, expands list of animal related practices that are exempt from veterinarian licensure requirements. HB3491
0805 Local Inmates As enacted, urges the comptroller to study the number of inmates in county jails who have been incarcerated for offenses for which they have not been convicted. SB2827
0806 Pensions and Retirement Benefits As enacted, authorizes local government entity eligible to participate in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to elect to participate in any deferred compensation program for state employees, subject to approval of the chair of the retirement system. SB3140
0807 Veterans As enacted, requires the division of parks and recreation to designate one day per year during which access to and use of all state parks, including but not limited to campgrounds and golf courses, is free of charge for all veterans. SB3212
0808 Disabled Persons As enacted, creates task force to review regulations governing residential and day provider agencies contracted by division of intellectual disabilities services. SB3514
0809 Remedies and Special Proceedings As enacted, allows general sessions judge to postpone trial for forcible detainer cases longer than 15 days upon agreement of the parties if no civil court is being conducted. SB3726
0810 Correction, Dept. of As enacted, prohibits disciplinary action or discharge of an employee of the department of correction based solely upon the employee's refusal to take a polygraph examination or for failure of a polygraph examination. HB1578
0811 Professions and Occupations As enacted, limits amount of on-line courses dental hygienists may use to meet biennial continuing education requirement to 50 percent. HB2634
0812 Highway Signs As enacted, "Chief Kenny Feathers Bridge," Bennett's Creek on U.S. 64 in Fayette County. HB2705
0813 State Inmates As enacted, urges the commissioner of correction to report to the select oversight committee on corrections concerning a study of inmates incarcerated by the department who are nonviolent offenders and age 65 and older. HB2913
0814 Highway Signs As enacted, "Tallent Bridge," U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County. HB3023
0815 Highway Signs As enacted, "Emmie Robertson Memorial Highway," segment of S.R. 242 in Lawrence County. HB3500
0816 Animals and Animal Cruelty As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for a person who was previously convicted of animal cruelty if such person subsequently violates an animal custody restriction imposed by the sentencing court. HB3913
0817 Guardianship As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act." SB0444
0818 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the board of chiropractic examiners, June 30, 2013. SB2441
0819 Education As enacted, enacts the "Tanner Lee Jameson Act," which requires that when a school receives its first AED, the school must place the AED in the gymnasium or, if there is no gymnasium, a readily accessible location in an area used for physical education or activity. SB2505
0820 Children's Services, Dept. of As enacted, specifies that a court's placement recommendation regarding a child in the custody of the department shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence. SB2584
0821 Children As enacted, requires a court to find that the department of children's services or licensed child placing agency has made reasonable efforts to place a child for adoption and that it is in the best interest of the child before awarding guardianship to a permanent guardian. SB2585
0822 Highway Signs As enacted, "Luther Masingill Parkway," segment of Broad Street (U.S. 11 & 72) in Chattanooga. SB2643
0823 State Inmates As enacted, urges the comptroller to study the number of state inmates who have been incarcerated for crimes for which they have not been convicted. SB2826
0824 Fiscal Review Committee As enacted, requires fiscal review committee staff to compare actual fiscal impact of at least five public chapters to the fiscal impact as stated in the fiscal note and present such review to fiscal review committee each year; requires written summary be submitted to general assembly members. SB2859
0825 Utilities, Utility Districts As enacted, changes the reporting deadline of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to the general assembly on the effectiveness of Tennessee's current underground utility damage prevention program from January 29, 2010, to January 17, 2011. SB2945
0826 State Employees As enacted, requires all state employees who are supervisory personnel to be physically present in Tennessee while supervising employees working in this state, unless business reasons require out-of-state travel. SB3590
0827 Civil Procedure As enacted, revises method of serving summons for forcible entry and detainer warrants; allows sheriff to post copy of warrant on premises after three failed attempts of personal service of process within six days instead of 10 days from required date of appearance. SB3725
0828 Public Health As enacted, enacts the "Kristen K. Hunter Infection Control Act." SB3828
0829 Securities As enacted, defines "investment-related" under the Tennessee Securities Act; authorizes a civil penalty for violations of Act; revises other various provisions of Act. SB3841
0830 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund board of trustees, June 30, 2012. HB2479
0831 Guardianship As enacted, removes brokerage firms from definition of "financial institution" for purposes of determining whether to require a conservatorship or guardianship bond and whether to approve certain investments. HB2668
0832 Uniform Laws As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act." HB2995
0833 Mental Illness As enacted, specifies that drug court grant funds may be used to fund mental health services for drug court treatment participants, in addition to funding substance abuse treatment and other direct services for drug court treatment participants. HB3022
0834 Property As enacted, requires that notice of the right to foreclose be sent to debtor prior to foreclosure; requires that specific information be included in notice. HB3588
0835 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, authorizes certain commercially operated recreational facilities in Blount County containing specified characteristics to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. HB3635
0836 Education As enacted, requires department of education, office of early learning to disseminate its annual report on the voluntary pre-K program to the public via its web site. HB3737
0837 Public Records As enacted, makes confidential certain information that is a trade secret under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as determined by the commissioner of commerce and insurance in the commissioner's sole discretion. SB0223
0838 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to file the annual report on the lottery for education after school program's system of competitive grants and technical assistance with the chairs of the house and senate education committees. SB0980
0839 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, requires THEC to study the General Assembly Merit Scholarship program and include results of such study in its annual lottery scholarship report. SB1317
0840 Solid Waste Disposal As enacted, enacts the "Mercury Product Disposal Control Act." SB2403
0841 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the board of dentistry, June 30, 2013. SB2444
0842 Foster Care As enacted, makes certain changes regarding permanency plans for foster care, including giving parents the right to attend and participate in foster care permanency plan reviews and changing the suggested membership of foster care review boards. SB2587
0843 Parks, Natural Areas Preservation As enacted, allows any park ranger, ranger naturalist, park manager, or any other similar employee who has used an equine to carry out such person's duties as a law enforcement officer or employee of the division of parks and recreation to take possession of such animal upon the division's determination to retire the equine. SB2624
0844 Education As enacted, requires state board of education and commissioner of labor and workforce development to study appropriately integrating geographic information systems technology in curricula for career and technical education and report to the house and senate education committees by March 1, 2011. SB2767
0845 Courts, Circuit As enacted, authorizes circuit court judges in Davidson County having domestic or probate jurisdiction to appoint one or more persons to act as masters. SB2813
0846 Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils As enacted, specifies that TRA has no power in regard to standards for carbon dioxide transported via interstate pipeline that is subject to the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. SB2912
0847 Municipal Government As enacted, grants municipalities exclusive right to use their names and symbols. SB2933
0848 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, permits association captive insurance companies to insure obligations under certain federal legislation that provides compensation and benefits to workers for job-related injuries, and further allows association captive insurance companies to hold any interest in qualified headquarters property. SB2977
0849 Adoption As enacted, abolishes the requirement to run a publication for an unknown father when there is no legal father at the time the adoption is filed, under certain circumstances. SB2999
0850 Safety As enacted, enacts "Katie Beth's Law," which requires pool alarms in certain circumstances. SB3019
0851 Medical Occupations As enacted, revises provisions governing restrictions on the right of an employed or contracted healthcare provider to practice the healthcare provider's profession upon termination or conclusion of the employment or contractual relationship. SB3154
0852 Education, Higher As enacted, requires THEC to report the annual student tuition subsidy applicable to students at each public institution of higher education to the house and senate education and finance, ways and means committees. SB3266
0853 Fireworks As enacted, removes the present requirement that the law enforcement officials of the county or municipality must also sign the permits for the public fireworks display along with the fire department; requires that a permitee send a written notice to the chief supervisory law enforcement official for the county or municipality where the fireworks display will be held, which states the date, time, and location of the public display. SB3277
0854 Education, Curriculum As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to encourage LEAP programs to provide extended learning that is complementary to school curricula. SB3321
0855 Education, Curriculum As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school. SB3432
0856 Education As enacted, allows any school resource officer who witnesses an offense by a student receiving special education to take the student into custody. SB3583
0857 Environment and Conservation, Department of As enacted, revises requirements for the department to formulate a master plan for state parks. SB3666
0858 Workers Compensation As enacted, establishes procedure for handling disputes involving future medicals in a workers compensation case after judgment or settlement; extends to workers compensation specialists who hear requests for assistance to provide medical coverage that has been denied by the employer the same authority as trial judges to order attorney fees and reasonable costs, including reasonable and necessary court reporter expenses and expert witness fees for depositions, when conducting a hearing on such an issue. SB3731
0859 Motor Vehicles As enacted, revises provisions governing the maximum weight per axle or group of axles allowed on public highways. SB3871
0860 Juvenile Offenders As enacted, adds aggravated rape of a child to the list of offenses for which a juvenile may be transferred from juvenile court to adult court. HB2438
0861 Sentencing As enacted, provides that an adjudication or finding by a juvenile court that a defendant committed an act as a juvenile that constitutes a Class A or Class B felony if committed by an adult counts as a "prior conviction" for purposes of determining the appropriate sentencing range for such defendant. HB2626
0862 Medical Occupations As enacted, enacts the Colby Stansberry Act to regulate the release of medical or hospital records, photographs and videos. HB2651
0863 Highway Signs As enacted, "Captain Arthur Williamson Parkway," segment of S.R. 76 in Fayette County. HB2706
0864 Highway Signs As enacted, "Southport Community Bridge," S.R. 245 in Maury County. HB2931
0865 Medical Occupations As enacted, revises fees for medical records provided by certain health care providers. HB3049
0866 Bail, Bail Bonds As enacted, mandates, rather than allows, release of surety's liability if detainer request is refused or if detaining authority releases principal upon the detainer's filing. HB3138
0867 Bail, Bail Bonds As enacted, allows a court, when setting bail for a defendant arrested for certain alcohol related offenses and such defendant has prior convictions for certain alcohol related offenses or is currently already released on bail for certain alcohol related offenses, to order monitoring devices or in-patient treatment as a condition of release and requires the court to determine whether the defendant is a danger to the community prior to release. HB3281
0868 Comptroller, State As enacted, abolishes the division of local finance and the division of bond finance and transfers the powers, functions, and duties of such divisions to the comptroller. HB3604
0869 Textbooks As enacted, requires students be allowed to take textbooks that are assigned to the student home in order to study. HB3711
0870 Juveniles As enacted, requires juvenile detention facilities and facilities for children who are not in DCS custody that provide community-based alternative education programs to report to the department of education the number of youth detained or served, as well as relevant demographic and service delivery information as specified by the department; requires the department to provide to certain entities a report containing a compilation of the data and a detailed analysis of the findings; requires state board to develop or modify curriculum-based standards, as necessary. SB2198
0871 Massage As enacted, allows for revocation, suspension, or denial of license if person is mentally incompetent, guilty of unethical or unprofessional conduct, or convicted of a misdemeanor. SB3706
0872 Health Care As enacted, extends the termination date of the Access Tennessee Act, the Cover Tennessee Act, and the Cover Kids Act from June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2015. SB3834
0873 Drugs As enacted, creates offense of selling synthetic urine; exempts sales for bona fide educational, medical, and scientific purposes; violation punishable as Class C misdemeanor. HB2762
0874 Employees, Employers As enacted, allows employers to pay employees via electronic automated fund transfer into an account in the name of the employee or by credit to a prepaid debit card from which the employee is able to withdraw or transfer funds. HB3095
0875 Contractors As enacted, specifies that if a party withholding retained funds in regard to a construction contract fails to deposit the funds into an escrow account, the party would be responsible for paying the owner of the retained funds an additional $300 per day for each day that the retained funds are not deposited into an escrow account; specifies failure to deposit retained funds into an escrow account within seven days' receipt of written notice regarding such failure is a Class A misdemeanor. HB3159
0876 Utilities, Utility Districts As enacted, specifies that a government joint venture that supplies or treats water or wastewater for wholesale use only to other governments will not fall under the jurisdiction of the utility management review board or the water and wastewater financing board, as appropriate, for the purpose of reporting negative change in the net assets annually, but will be referred to the board if the government joint venture is in a deficit or default position. HB3603
0877 Historical Sites and Preservation As enacted, authorizes Tennessee state museum to contract for the repair, renovation, and maintenance of the McCampbell House in Donelson. SB3727
0878 Education As enacted, requires parent involvement plans to include plans for improvement in parent and teacher cooperation with regard to planning for higher education opportunities. SB1321
0879 Health Care As enacted, prohibits coverage for abortion services under any health care plan through an exchange required to be established in this state pursuant to federal health care reform legislation. HB2681
0880 Highway Signs As enacted, "Veterans Memorial Highway," segment of S.R. 44 in Sullivan County. HB2663
0881 Foster Care As enacted, requires a child-placing agency to collect medical and social history on a foster child and child's biological family within 30 days of foster care placement. SB2797
0882 Animal Control As enacted, allows Davidson County as well as Shelby County and municipalities within to enact ordinance allowing for district attorney to petition general sessions court for destruction of dangerous dogs. SB3715
0883 Local Education Agency As enacted, requires that LEAs shall update their policy pamphlets every two years, rather than annually. SB3255
0884 Education, Higher As enacted, authorizes the board of trustees of the baccalaureate education system trust fund program to establish, or contract for the establishment of an incentive plan to encourage Tennessee residents to participate in any such other college savings program or in any Section 529 college savings program established by the state. SB1142
0885 Firearms and Ammunition As enacted, removes the authority of the governor to commandeer or limit the sale or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or firearm or ammunition components during a state of emergency, major disaster, or natural disaster. SB2391
0886 Food and Food Products As enacted, provides that any local education agency may donate any apparently wholesome food fit for human consumption to a county jail or bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for free distribution, and will not be subject to criminal penalty for violation of unfair trade practice laws or civil damages arising from the condition of the food, unless an injury is caused by the negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct of the agency. SB2726
0887 Adoption As enacted, states that the department of children's services may be found to have made reasonable effort if the department's efforts have exceeded the efforts of the parent or guardian to establish a suitable home for the parent or guardian's child. SB3000
0888 Paternity As enacted, states that a man shall not be a legal parent based solely on scientific testing, without either a court order or voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, but such testing may be a basis for a court of competent jurisdiction to establish paternity. SB3001
0889 Taxes, Real Property As enacted, exempts from taxation of real property buildings on land owned by charitable institutions and developed for construction of residences for low-income households. SB3348
0890 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, redefines "standard reference compendia." SB3625
0891 Board of Regents As enacted, authorizes board to call meetings, in addition to annual meeting, with five days notice; clarifies that board may adjourn meetings to any date; revises other various provisions regarding higher education, including provisions governing audits and the Institute for Public Service. SB3680
0892 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, enacts the "Property and Casualty Actuarial Opinion Law." SB3906
0893 Estates As enacted, revises the manner in which fees are determined for persons who identify legatees or distributees of an estate who were not previously identified. HB0172
0894 Domestic Relations As enacted, requires court to hold in contempt any person who makes false allegation of sexual abuse in furtherance of litigation; also requires false accuser to pay other party's litigation costs. HB1130
0895 Firearms and Ammunition As enacted, allows a commissioned reserve deputy sheriff, as authorized in writing by the sheriff, or commissioned reserve or auxiliary police officer, as authorized by the chief of police, to carry firearms as a law enforcement officer. HB1665
0896 Correctional Programs As enacted, allows TRICOR to develop policies for sale of goods to inmates within custody of the department of correction. HB2483

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