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0901 Comptroller, State As enacted, revises provisions governing the allocation and distribution of liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments for education purposes; creates a legal mechanism whereby a local school board may seek relief in chancery court against a political subdivision that does not make the required distributions of gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds; authorizes certain political subdivisions and school systems to negotiate agreements for the local portion of the gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax that are owed by the political subdivision to the school system under the distribution formula, as it existed before July 1, 2014. HB1403
0902 Sentencing As enacted, permits judge, as a condition of probation, to order a 2nd or 3rd time DUI offender to participate in a substance abuse treatment program; revises other related provisions regarding probation options for certain DUI offenders. HB1429
0903 Workers Compensation As enacted, revises various provisions relative to workers' compensation. HB1440
0904 Controlled Substances As enacted, creates separate offenses for the manufacture, delivery, sale, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell methamphetamine and for possession or causal exchange of methamphetamine. HB1456
0905 Education As enacted, enacts the "Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act"; establishes requirements for the adoption of educational standards and the requesting of proposals for student assessments; prohibits the state from adopting common core standards in any subjects other than math and English language arts; revises other related provisions. HB1549
0906 Controlled Substances As enacted, revises provisions governing the sale of products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. HB1574
0907 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at certain premier type tourist resorts. HB1745
0908 Taxes, Gasoline, Petroleum Products As enacted, enacts the "Transportation Fuel Equity Act"; revises other related provisions relative to taxation of diesel. HB1769
0909 Medical Occupations As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Patient Safety Cosmetic Medical Procedures Act". HB1896
0910 Education As enacted, revises various provisions governing the baccalaureate education system trust fund program; requires department of revenue to assist board of trustees of the program in the implementation of certain tax incentives. HB1931
0911 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities As enacted, establishes appeals process for persons who are determined ineligible for TennCare nursing facility services or who are involuntarily discharged from a nursing facility. HB2174
0912 Civil Procedure As enacted, changes the fee that court clerks may charge for selling real or personal property under decree of court, and receiving, collecting, and paying out the proceeds; specifies that special commissioners who are appointed by a court to sell property will not be permitted to take a commission in excess of the amount of the fee that court clerks may charge for selling real or personal property under decree of court, and receiving, collecting, and paying out the proceeds; requires that judicial trust sales not occur on Sundays or state or federal legal holidays. HB2208
0913 University of Tennessee As enacted, requires the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the university to perform a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy. HB2313
0914 Real Property As enacted, requires the posting of a bond or other guarantee for unfinished streets and other infrastructure projects in an approved subdivision plat before a building permit may be issued; requires that the approved subdivision plat be recorded in the county register of deeds before a building permit may be issued. HB2380
0915 Alcohol Offenses, Sales As enacted, revises various provisions relating to restaurants and limited service restaurants and the sale of alcoholic beverages. HB2406
0916 Agriculture As enacted, authorizes growing of industrial hemp subject to regulation by the department of agriculture. HB2445
0917 Public Funds and Financing As enacted, specifies how proceeds from the sale and conveyance of surplus real property or improvements used for state forestry or other operations of the department of agriculture are to be used; revises other various statutory provisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act, including provisions regarding carry forwards and transfers of funds to the general fund. HB2500
0918 Psychologists As enacted, charges the board of examiners in psychology with overseeing the practice of behavior analysis; creates the applied behavior analyst licensing committee; increases board from nine to 10 members; revises other related provisions and establishments requirements for the practice of behavior analysis. SB1047
0919 Appropriations As enacted, makes appropriations for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014. HB2501
0920 Municipal Government As enacted, allows persons owning property in the City of Doyle to vote in city elections if they own at least a 50 percent fee simple interest in a parcel of real property of at least 5,000 square feet or appraised for tax purposes at not less than $3,000 for the six-month period immediately preceding an election. HB2552
0921 Boards and Commissions As enacted, combines the geologists and soil scientists funds to create the new geologist and soil scientist regulatory fund, with moneys from the fund to be used to defray expenses of the Soil Scientist Licensure Act and the Geologist Licensure Act. SB1914
0922 Bail, Bail Bonds As enacted, specifies that a bond will remain in effect until the court renders the defendant's sentence, if the disposition of the case is a conviction or a plea of guilty; specifies that after such a disposition and before the sentence is rendered, the bond will not negatively impact the surety. SB1952
0923 Boats, Boating As enacted, enacts the "Noah Dean and Nate Act" to lessen the likelihood of electric shock drowning near marinas and boat docks. SB1954
0924 Economic and Community Development As enacted, requires, for any FastTrack grant or loan contract awarded after July 1, 2014, the department of economic and community development to publish all baseline reports or annual reports filed with the department on its web site within 90 days of receipt; requires that a one-time report be filed for certain FastTrak grants or loans awarded between May 27, 2005, and January 1, 2011. SB1978
0925 Students As enacted, requires the department of education to maintain the unique personal identification numbers of students of active duty military or reserve component parents or guardians in a separate database to identify and track these students if the students move to different schools across the state and country. SB2006
0926 TennCare As enacted, provides that an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will have eligibility for medical assistance suspended but not terminated during periods of actual incarceration; an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will be eligible for temporary reinstatement of medical assistance for care received outside of a jail or correctional facility in a hospital or other health care facility for more than 24 hours; and a public institution may make efforts to establish eligibility for or renew assistance for such individuals prior to their release from the public institution. SB2023
0927 Eminent Domain As enacted, reorganizes existing eminent domain law in Tennessee Code Annotated. SB2028
0928 Evidence As enacted, prohibits any employer from introducing the results of a voice stress analysis performed on an employee to prove misconduct by the employee at any hearing or other employment procedure in which the employee is entitled to due process. SB2144
0929 Safety As enacted, authorizes the board of boiler rules to grant variances to the requirements for frequency of inspections. SB2156
0930 Civil Procedure As enacted, permits courts and not just chancellors to reopen bidding on judicial sales; clarifies that a court clerk is empowered to take certain actions regarding the acceptance of an advance bid and the reopening of bidding at no additional fee, commission or cost, but the clerk is not to take those actions if a court order specifically prohibits the acceptance of an advance bid. SB2228
0931 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, provides that duty-free teacher time for instructional planning shall be allocated on an individual basis. SB2257
0932 Tourism As enacted, expands the applicability of the tourism development authority act to include Shelby County and its municipalities; adds to the powers of a tourism development authority. SB2333
0933 Taxes, Real Property As enacted, places restrictions on the lease or conveyance of certain property affecting the appraisal and collection of taxes through exemption. SB2337
0934 Welfare As enacted, requires the commissioner of human services, in consultation with various governmental and non-governmental entities that serve poor people, to conduct a study of poverty in Tennessee and submit a state anti-poverty plan to the governor and the general assembly by January 15, 2015. SB2380
0935 Naming and Designating As enacted, designates the month of August as "Women in STEM" month to raise awareness of the opportunities for women to pursue a career in a STEM related field; STEM refers to the fields of study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. SB2460
0936 Controlled Substances As enacted, permits the transfer, dispensation, possession, or administering of certain cannabis oil as part of a clinical research study on the treatment of intractable seizures when supervised by a physician practicing at a hospital or associated clinic affiliated with a university having a college or school of medicine. SB2531
0937 Taxes, Ad Valorem As enacted, allows the state board of equalization to correct an error in the computation of a certified tax rate; makes corrected rate applicable to the tax year in which the certified tax rate is calculated if the error is corrected before the tax billing date and in the next tax year if the error is corrected after the tax billing date. SB2553
0938 Taxes As enacted, revises various provisions regarding real and personal property taxes, including provisions governing property tax freeze, reviews of parcels and electronic filing. SB1128
0939 Education, Curriculum As enacted, establishes requirements for curriculum regarding certain American documents; revises provisions regarding curriculum for educating students about government; revises other related provisions; requires report by state board of education. SB1266
0940 Sexual Offenses As enacted, creates the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. SB1362
0941 Special License Plates As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and revises certain present law provisions regarding special license plates, including certain veterans' plates. SB1457
0942 Taxes As enacted, makes certain changes and additions to present law concerning the gross receipts tax in regard to businesses in Classification 5; adds persons engaged in the business of making sales as a natural gas marketer to Classification 5. SB1477
0943 Securities As enacted, creates the "Invest Tennessee Exemption" permitting the intra-state sale of certain securities that do not exceed $1 million. SB1481
0944 Autopsies As enacted, revises various provisions of law concerning post mortem examinations. SB1497
0945 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the state building commission, June 30, 2017; requires the commission to appear before the joint government operations subcommittee on judiciary and government no later than December 31, 2014, to update the subcommittee on the status of the issues raised in the commission's 2013 governmental entity review hearing. SB1556
0946 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the state protest committee, June 30, 2017; requires the committee to appear before the joint government operations subcommittee on judiciary and government no later than December 31, 2014, to update the subcommittee on the status of the issues raised in the committee's 2013 governmental entity review hearing. SB1559
0947 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. SB1587
0948 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state after January 1, 2013. SB1603
0949 Medical Occupations As enacted, authorizes online applications for various occupations regulated by the division of health related boards; revises public record status of certain investigatory records of the department of health. SB1629
0950 State Employees As enacted, enacts the "Three Stars of Tennessee Award" to recognize peace officers, firefighters, and medical first responders killed or who suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty. SB1691
0951 Education, Higher As enacted, enacts the "Brian Byrge Act, which allows certain part-time employees of the state university and community college system to enroll in one course per semester at a community college or state college of applied technology without paying tuition charges or maintenance fees. SB1709
0952 Motor Vehicles As enacted, revises provisions governing motor vehicle producers leasing vehicles to eligible employees. SB1766
0953 Nurses, Nursing As enacted, authorizes the certification of registered nurse first assistants. SB1768
0954 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, allows a Tennessee student graduating from an out-of-state boarding school that is accredited by a member of the National Association of Independent Schools Commission on Accreditation to be eligible for Tennessee HOPE lottery scholarship, if the student meets all other applicable requirements for the scholarship. SB1778
0955 Industrial Development As enacted, extends allocation of certain funds to Four Lake regional industrial development authority from fiscal year 2013-2014 to 2017-2018. SB1790
0956 Secretary of State As enacted, requires the secretary of state to establish a no trespass public notice list identifying employers in this state who have requested established private property rights be recognized and recorded against certain persons. SB1811
0957 Sexual Offenses As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing a prostitute under age 18 from a Class E felony to a Class A felony; increases the penalty for patronizing a prostitute with an intellectual disability from a Class E felony to a Class B felony; specifies that it is not a defense that the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or that the victim of the offense is a minor who consented to the offense. SB1815
0958 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration As enacted, allows department of revenue to issue registration valid for 18 months instead of 12 for certain businesses engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks and trailers for periods of 31 days or less. SB1826
0959 Education, Higher As enacted, limits courses state employees can take free of charge at public institutions of higher education under the state employees' fee waiver to 4 credit hours or 120 clock hours courses; allows the use of the fee waiver as partial payment for courses of more than 4 credit hours or 120 clock hours. SB1834
0960 Welfare As enacted, revises provisions governing personal responsibility plan in regard to receipt of temporary financial aid to require attendance at certain school conferences and parenting classes and participation in certain support services. SB1851
0961 Disabled Persons As enacted, elevates from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the penalty for knowingly abusing, neglecting or exploiting an adult who is unable to manage his or her resources or carry out the activities of daily living due to mental or physical dysfunctions or advanced age; requires certain notifications; establishes elder abuse task force. SB1852
0962 Economic and Community Development As enacted, revises certain provisions governing projects and qualified public use facilities to change the amount of the aggregate investment of public or private funds from "in excess of $200 million" to "in excess of $75 million." SB1858
0963 Corporations, Not for Profit As enacted, enacts the "Neighborhood Preservation Nonprofit Corporation Act". SB1860
0964 Boards and Commissions As enacted, merges the board of barber examiners and the board of cosmetology into the newly created state board of cosmetology and barber examiners; revises related provisions. SB1893
0965 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, allows student who was enrolled in the 2012-2013 academic year in an eligible postsecondary program and who is enrolled in the 2013-2014 academic year in the eligible postsecondary program for the student's second year of study to be eligible for award of a STEP UP scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year, provided that the student meets the continuation requirements under present law for receipt of the scholarship; establishes related requirements. SB1905
0966 Special License Plates As enacted, revises and clarifies various provisions of law regarding veteran and military-related license plates. SB1913
0967 Recycling As enacted, adds components to the comprehensive solid waste management plan for the state and create a 16-member Tennessee solid waste and recycling advisory committee to review and develop recommendations concerning solid waste and recycling statutes, rules and policies. SB1917
0968 Education As enacted, enacts "The Tennessee Community Schools Act". SB1924
0969 Banks and Financial Institutions As enacted, enacts the "Flexible Credit Act". SB1988
0970 Criminal Offenses As enacted, requires a person convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine to serve at least 180 days in confinement and a person convicted of possession of methamphetamine to serve at least 30 days in confinement; specifies that the minimum mandatory sentences will not prohibit persons who are convicted of methamphetamine offenses from participating in a drug or recovery court and receiving sentence credit for up to the full amount of the mandatory minimum sentence. SB2021
0971 Motor Vehicles As enacted, removes the requirement that an automobile retail seller must insure its GAP waiver obligation when the automobile retail seller does not assign the financing agreement of which a GAP waiver is a part to anyone other than the retail seller's related finance company. SB2024
0972 Children As enacted, makes dependent children, who are four years of age whose parent was killed, died as direct result of injuries received or has been officially reported as being either a prisoner of war or missing in action while serving honorably as a member of the United States armed forces during a qualified period of armed conflict, or was formerly a prisoner of war or missing in action under such circumstances, eligible to attend pilot pre-kindergarten programs and requires licensed child care agencies to prioritize such children on any waiting list for admission; changes the date by which a child from a family that qualifies for free and reduced price lunch must be four years of age, in order to qualify for participation in the programs of community-based early childhood education and pre-kindergarten programs from September 30 to August 15. SB2093
0973 Alcoholic Beverage Commission As enacted, revises qualifications for employee and server permits issued by the commission. SB2261
0974 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, enacts the "Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act". SB2516
0975 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, prohibits an insurance company from increasing a premium or cancelling a homeowner's insurance policy solely on the basis of an inquiry or inquiries by an insured regarding the insured's homeowner's policy or a loss under the policy. SB0096
0976 Laundries and Dry Cleaners As enacted, transfers the duties of the drycleaner environmental response board to the commissioner of environment and conservation; revises related provisions. SB0332
0977 Criminal Offenses As enacted, revises offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy and offense of observation without consent to increase penalty in certain situations when the victim is younger than 13 years of age; adds to the list of offenses that constitute a "sexual offense" for purposes of the sex offender registry observation without consent when the offense is classified as a Class E or D felony and unlawful photographing when the offense is classified as a Class E or D felony. SB0579
0978 Motor Vehicle Commission As enacted, adds a non-franchise motor vehicle dealer as a member of the motor vehicle commission; increases quorum requirement by one person. SB0877
0979 Constitutional Conventions As enacted, establishes that the general assembly appoints and recalls delegates to Article V convention; requires delegates to abide by instructions given to delegates by the general assembly. SB1432
0980 Education As enacted, creates an exemption for Anderson County to the requirement for an affirmative vote by a majority of the membership of a school board in order to disburse funds from the LEA's dedicated education fund. SB1453
0981 Textbooks As enacted, restructures the textbook commission and the textbook selection process; renames the commission to be the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. SB1602
0982 Criminal Offenses As enacted, specifies that it is not a defense to prosecution for the offense of bribery of a public servant that the person who sought to influence a public official took action on behalf of a public or private organization, corporation, union, agency or other entity, for purposes of an organizing campaign or any other lawful purpose; revises offense of extortion; redefines "riot". SB1662
0983 Drugs, Prescription As enacted, makes various changes to regulation of prescription drugs; prohibits health care prescribers from dispensing opioids and benzodiazepines, with certain exceptions. SB1663
0984 Criminal Offenses As enacted, redefines "serious bodily injury" to include a broken bone of a child who is 12 years of age or younger; revises the provision whereby an order authorizing a wiretap or electronic surveillance must require that reports be made to the judge who issued the order showing what progress has been made toward achievement of the authorized objective and the need for continued interception. SB1690
0985 Taxes, Sales As enacted, allocates sales and use tax revenues for a commercial development district to an eligible county or a municipality within the eligible county, or an industrial development corporation established by such eligible county or municipality, that submits a completed application to the commissioner of finance and administration together with an application fee in an amount established by the department; establishes requirements for such allocation. SB1708
0986 Education As enacted, prohibits counting walking to and from class towards the minimum of 90 minutes per week of required physical activity for public school students. SB1760
0987 Criminal Offenses As enacted, adds new money laundering offenses for knowingly using property with intent to obtain, purchase, display, sell, conceal, comingle, or transport criminal proceeds or commit TennCare fraud; provides for forfeiture of assets and proceeds used in such violations. SB1929
0988 Human Rights Commission As enacted, restructures the commission and revises related provisions. SB2054
0989 Traffic Safety As enacted, specifies that it is not a violation of a "red alone or stop" signal unless the front tires of a vehicle cross the stop line after the signal is red. SB2056
0990 Pensions and Retirement Benefits As enacted, requires the treasurer to recommend to the TCRS board of trustees a funding policy with respect to TCRS; enacts the "Public Employee Defined Benefit Financial Security Act of 2014"; revises other benefit-related provisions. SB2079
0991 Criminal Offenses As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity or law enforcement agency from obtaining the location information of an electronic device without a search warrant except under certain circumstances. SB2087
0992 Sexual Offenders As enacted, extends to all registered sexual offenders certain residential, work and other restrictions that currently apply only to registered sexual offenders whose victims were minors; does not apply to restriction on obtaining sexual offender treatment or attending a sexual offender treatment program. SB2090
0993 Orders of Protection As enacted, permits a clerk to transmit an order of protection to the sheriff of a county other than the county where the order was issued by facsimile or other electronic transmission, in order to complete service in a timely manner. SB2091
0994 Taxes, Exemption and Credits As enacted, redefines "industrial machinery" to exempt from sales and use tax machinery utilized in the design and manufacture of firearms equipped with integral devices that permit a user to program the firearm to operate only for specified person designated by the user through computerized locking devices or other means integral and permanently part of the firearm, when the machinery is utilized by a person whose principle business is fabricating or processing tangible personal property for resale. SB2118
0995 Employees, Employers As enacted, revises various provisions concerning employment litigation in Tennessee. SB2126
0996 Collection Agencies As enacted, exempts certain entities from the Tennessee Collection Service Act. SB2133
0997 Employees, Employers As enacted, enacts the "Healthy Workplace Act", which requires TACIR to create a model policy for employers to prevent abusive conduct in the workplace, which policy may be adopted by employers. SB2226
0998 Highways, Roads and Bridges As enacted, establishes requirements that must be met in order for a local government or any transit authority created by any local government to construct, maintain or operate any bus rapid transit system using a separate lane, or other separate right-of-way, dedicated to the use of such bus rapid transit system on any state highway or state highway right-of-way. SB2243
0999 Safety, Dept. of As enacted, prohibits the commissioner from adding points to a driver record involving accidents that were reported on the Tennessee Uniform Traffic Crash Report as a "vehicle special use (09) police", "(10) ambulance", or "(11) fire apparatus" and on which the driver presence is reported as "driver operated government vehicle", so long as the driver is not charged with vehicular assault, vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular homicide, reckless driving, or DUI. SB2252
1000 Mental Illness As enacted, extends pilot project for assisted outpatient treatment for two years until June 30, 2015. SB2256

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