Tennessee 112th General Assembly - Public Acts Search

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Chapter Number Subject Abstract Bill Number
0301 Homestead Exemptions As enacted, increases maximum homestead exemption to be $35,000 or $52,500 for certain persons. SB0566
0302 Campaigns and Campaign Finance As enacted, authorizes the registry of election finance to retain counsel to pursue the collection of unpaid civil penalties assessed by the registry, in lieu of petitioning the attorney general and reporter; states that venue for such suits is the residence of the defendant. SB0626
0303 Pensions and Retirement Benefits As enacted, changes name of the "council on pensions and insurance" to the "council on pensions"; removes bills involving insurance from council's purview; removes requirement that bills reported out of the council have the council's committee amendments attached to be considered by the standing committee. SB0708
0304 Privacy, Confidentiality As enacted, specifies that photographic evidence of a fatal motor vehicle accident depicting a deceased minor victim at the scene of the accident is confidential and not open for inspection by members of the public; provides that custodial parent or legal guardian of such deceased minor victim may waive confidentiality and allow the minor victim's photograph to be used and obtained in the same manner as other public records. SB1285
0305 Guardians and Conservators As enacted, specifies the procedures for giving notice in conservatorship proceedings; specifies that certain examination reports in conservatorship proceedings are confidential and not open for inspection by the public. SB1440
0306 Election Laws As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. SB1534
0307 Utilities, Utility Districts As enacted, makes various changes concerning safety enforcement of underground utilities, including increasing the penalties that may be assessed for violations. HB0054
0308 Human Services, Dept. of As enacted, requires the department to report quarterly to certain persons at the general assembly regarding the availability and use of federal funds for programs administered by the department for adult and family services, child support, and rehabilitation services. HB0146
0309 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act." HB0215
0310 Purchasing and Procurement As enacted, increases from $10,000 or more to $25,000 or more, the amount for which a local board of education or the governing body of a public charter school located in a county having a population of 40,000 or more must make purchases or expenditures by competitive bids. HB0235
0311 Child Custody and Support As enacted, requires a court to include written findings of fact and conclusions of law to support a custody arrangement or parenting plan, unless both parents have agreed; revises provisions governing kinship foster care program; revises certain provisions regarding abandonment for purposes of termination of parental rights. HB0237
0312 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the Austin Peay State University, board of trustees, to June 30, 2027. HB0258
0313 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the East Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2027. HB0278
0314 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the Middle Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2027. HB0284
0315 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the state board of equalization to June 30, 2027. HB0293
0316 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the Tennessee Technological University, board of trustees to June 30, 2025. HB0312
0317 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the University of Memphis, board of trustees to June 30, 2027. HB0315
0318 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2023. HB0317
0319 Children's Services, Dept. of As enacted, allows a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for conduct that, if committed by an adult, would constitute certain offenses to be committed to the department for a period of one year. HB0323
0320 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, authorizes Gaylord Springs Golf Links to seek a caterer license and to grant a franchise for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises; designates the Wildhorse Saloon as a restaurant for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises; authorizes the General Jackson Showboat to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of its principal dock. HB0339
0321 Utilities, Utility Districts As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. HB0388
0322 Law Enforcement As enacted, allows a retired law enforcement officer who fulfills the training and directive requirements or who is authorized to carry a firearm in the same manner as a law enforcement officer to provide private security services without completing the firearms training required for private protective services licensing. HB0412
0323 Education, Dept. of As enacted, requires the department to submit a report to the education administration committee and education instruction committee of the house on the high school graduation rate and to annually report on the state report card information related to state, LEA, and school level indicators of postsecondary readiness by graduating class. HB0462
0324 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, requires disclosure of certain information concerning contracts with wholesalers of alcoholic beverages. HB0464
0325 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the polysomnography professional standards committee to June 30, 2022. HB0493
0326 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, revises provisions governing temporary teaching permits. HB0525
0327 Public Records As enacted, makes subject to public disclosure certain records, documents, and information pertaining to payers of the business tax, as long as the taxpayer consents to the public disclosure. HB0560
0328 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) As enacted, requires a department with rules promulgated and published on the secretary of state's website or with an administratively attached agency with rules so promulgated and published to submit, by December 1, 2023, and every eight years thereafter, a report of the department's chapters in effect as of July 1 of the year that the report is due to the chairs of the house and senate government operations committees. HB0566
0329 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, requires persons applying for a manufacturer or distiller license to provide the alcoholic beverage commission with names and percentage of ownership of a person or entity having more than a 10 percent interest in the manufacturer or distiller. HB0669
0330 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, defines "food hall" for purposes of consumption of alcohol on the premises of a food hall; enacts certain requirements governing the operation of a food hall for such purposes. HB0674
0331 Wine & Wineries As enacted, prohibits licensure as a winery direct shipper of in-state or out-of-state wine fulfillment houses; makes various other changes regarding the operation of winery direct shippers and fulfillment centers. HB0742
0332 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of As enacted, revises provisions governing statewide building construction safety standards. HB0749
0333 Privacy, Confidentiality As enacted, makes the personally identifying information provided by an individual as part of the individual's use of, or participation in, a government-sponsored or -supported property alert service or program confidential. HB0851
0334 Taxes, Hotel Motel As enacted, redefines "hotel" for purposes of the hotel occupancy tax to mean any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration. HB0856
0335 Local Education Agencies As enacted, adds certain cyber security-related information to the information that the state-level safety team must include in the template safety plan that LEAs must adopt as part of their comprehensive district-wide and building-level school safety plans. HB0925
0336 Law Enforcement As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. HB0961
0337 Comptroller, State As enacted, requires that insurance pool, special fund, and reserve fund created by a governmental entity and any entity administering such funds be audited annually by the comptroller of the treasury. HB1049
0338 Correctional Programs As enacted, authorizes TRICOR to sell goods manufactured by inmates to government entities, private nonprofit corporations, and charitable organizations in this state if the TRICOR board determines the sale is in the best interests of the state and does not unfairly compete with private sector businesses. HB1069
0339 Business and Commerce As enacted, prohibits counties, including counties with a metropolitan form of government, and municipalities from regulating the operation of an online marketplace or requiring an online marketplace to provide personally identifiable information of users without an administrative subpoena or court order. HB1336
0340 Nurses, Nursing As enacted, authorizes a graduate nurse to engage in the practice of professional nursing without a license for a limited period of time if certain conditions are met. HB1353
0341 Textbooks As enacted, enacts the "Textbook Transparency Act," which revises provisions governing textbooks and instructional materials. HB1513
0342 Textbooks As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a proposed rubric to assist the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission in reviewing and scoring textbooks and instructional materials proposed for adoption and submit the proposed rubric to the commission for approval; enacts other related provisions. HB1537
0343 County Government As enacted, authorizes a county to regulate junkyards located within the county's boundaries as long as the rules or regulations are at least as stringent as those promulgated pursuant to the authority contained in the Junkyard Control Act. HB1558
0344 Education, Higher As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education in this state from hosting a Confucius Institute or accepting a gift from, or entering a contract with, a foreign source in certain circumstances; enacts other related provisions. HB1238
0345 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies As enacted, enacts the "Insurance Data Security Law." HB0766
0346 Public Health As enacted, specifies certain authority of the commissioner of health and pharmacists regarding epidemics, vaccines, and a statewide collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. HB0778
0347 General Assembly As enacted, prohibits members of the general assembly from bidding on, selling, or offering for sale any service to a state entity or to have a financial interest in the bidding, selling, or offering for sale of any service to a state entity; makes the prohibition applicable during the tenure of the member's office and for six months thereafter; creates certain exceptions; violation results in disqualification from holding certain offices; enacts other related provisions. HB1040
0348 Abortion As enacted, requires that disposition of remains from a surgical abortion performed at an abortion facility be by burial or cremation; requires the department of health to promulgate certain rules and forms; and makes certain other changes regarding the disposition of fetal remains. HB1181
0349 Sunset Laws As enacted, extends the consumer advocate division in the office of the attorney general and reporter to June 30, 2022. SB0046
0350 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation As enacted, requires the bureau to implement a program to assist in the locating of missing, vulnerable citizens, called the Silver Alert program, that will supersede the Care Alert program. SB0102
0351 Highways, Roads and Bridges As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain persons. SB0137
0352 Psychologists As enacted, enacts the "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Act." SB0161
0353 Probation and Parole As enacted, requires the board to consider granting parole to a prisoner who reaches the release eligibility date for the prisoner's combined sentences and has an active detainer to serve a term of imprisonment in another jurisdiction, if certain conditions are met. SB0252
0354 Criminal Offenses As enacted, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph taken without an individual's consent and the focus of the photograph is the intimate area of the individual or would offend or embarrass an ordinary person and the photograph was taken for the purpose of sexual arousal of the defendant. SB0331
0355 Evidence As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency that discovers potentially exculpatory evidence to report that evidence; enacts the "Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021." SB0448
0356 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at various locations. SB0486
0357 Health Care As enacted, authorizes certain healthcare professionals licensed in other states to practice telehealth while providing healthcare services on a volunteer basis through a free clinic in this state. SB0929
0358 Expunction As enacted, requires a judge to notify, if practicable, a defendant at the time of sentencing if the conviction is for an expungeable offense and the time period after which a petition to expunge may be filed; requires the administrative office of the courts to provide judges handling criminal matters with reference document containing certain information. SB0965
0359 Jails, Local Lock-ups As enacted, establishes that a contracted licensed healthcare provider who certifies that a person is free from an impairment to authorize the person to work in a jail is not an agent of the municipality, county, or political subdivision; establishes that a municipality, county, or political subdivision's good faith reliance of the jailer qualification requirements does not give rise to a cause of action. SB0972
0360 Local Government, General As enacted, revises the provisions governing a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. SB0989
0361 Expunction As enacted, allows a person who was convicted of a nonviolent offense committed prior to January 1, 1980, and received a pardon for the offense to have the person's criminal records related to the offense expunged. SB1028
0362 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation As enacted, enacts the "Jim Coley Protection for Rape Survivors Act." SB1035
0363 Statutes of Limitations and Repose As enacted, removes the statute of limitation for prosecution of trafficking for commercial sex act when committed against a child on or after July 1, 2021. SB1115
0364 Criminal Offenses As enacted, establishes the criminal offense of mail theft; specifies that the second or subsequent conviction of mail theft is at least a Class E felony; defines mail to include items such as letters, postal cards, and packages. SB1121
0365 Sexual Offenders As enacted, expands the sexual offenses for which a defendant is required to submit to an evaluation for and be subject to a standardized plan of sex offender treatment as part of the defendant's sentence. SB1126
0366 Treasurer, State As enacted, authorizes the board of claims to approve, and the state treasurer to establish and maintain, a captive insurance company for the state. SB1151
0367 Education As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. SB1156
0368 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, revises various provisions of the helping heroes grants. SB1173
0369 Education As enacted, requires schools, nursery schools, preschools, child care facilities, and public institutions of higher education to include information on immunization exemptions on any communications to students or parents regarding immunization requirements. SB1175
0370 Consumer Protection As enacted, clarifies that wireless communication includes text messages sent and received on smart devices for purposes of the Anti-Phishing Act. SB1211
0371 Sexual Offenses As enacted, expands the definition of "sexual activity" for purposes of offenses related to the sexual exploitation of children to include an intent of sexual arousal or gratification. SB1227
0372 Insurance, Health, Accident As enacted, revises and enacts provisions governing discount plans including prescription drug plans. SB1271
0373 Boards and Commissions As enacted, creates the chronic weight management task force to study the health implications of chronic weight management and Type 2 diabetes. SB1277
0374 Election Laws As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. SB1315
0375 Children's Services, Dept. of As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring an individual or members of the individual's household to undergo an immunization as a condition of adopting or fostering unless the child is under 18 months of age or has significant documented medical needs that would necessitate the caregiver or members of the caregiver's household being immunized. SB1337
0376 Professions and Occupations As enacted, authorizes a licensed aesthetician to perform cosmetic microneedling if performed under the supervision of a licensed physician. SB1339
0377 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, revises provisions governing injuries to educators in the course of employment caused by a violent criminal act. SB1343
0378 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel As enacted, revises provisions governing teachers' contracts. SB1345
0379 Tort Liability and Reform As enacted, states that there is no cause of action for wrongful birth based on a claim that a person would not or should not have been born or for wrongful life based on a claim that a person would or should have been aborted. SB1370
0380 Education, Curriculum As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. SB1392
0381 Probation and Parole As enacted, requires an employee of the department of correction to meet with an incarcerated individual within one year of the individual's release eligibility date to create a release plan. SB1437
0382 Pensions and Retirement Benefits As enacted, allows members of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to obtain creditable service for prior service while a participating member of a retirement system of a city, metropolitan government, county, utility district, or other political subdivision. SB1520
0383 Land, Agricultural and Open Spaces As enacted, extends, from March 1 to March 15, the deadline by which a landowner must file with the assessor of property an application for land to be classified as agricultural, forest, or open space land; makes other revisions. SB1532
0384 Employees, Employers As enacted, prohibits a local governmental entity or the executive head of a local government from, by executive order, ordinance, or resolution, creating categories or classes of nonessential businesses, trades, professions, or industries for the purpose of suspending lawful commerce, encumbering trade, or denying citizens the right to work if such activities are otherwise lawful in this state unless an explicit order of the local fire marshal or a court of competent jurisdiction declares that the business operating poses a clear and present danger to the citizenry of this state. SB1573
0385 Game and Fish Laws As enacted, expands eligibility for permanent sport combination hunting and fishing licenses to include residents of this state who have suffered an amputation of 75 percent or more of a lower limb. SB1584
0386 Local Government, General As enacted, specifies that a local governmental entity is immune from liability for any cause of action or claim for damages arising out of a person's participation in a private appropriately licensed substance abuse treatment program approved by the court as an alternative facility. SB1590
0387 Civil Procedure As enacted, provides that a person who uses justifiable force against another may request a stay of proceedings in any civil action based on the use of force until the criminal investigation has concluded; allows for an immunity hearing at which the court may dismiss an action that is barred by immunity. HB0025
0388 Alcoholic Beverages As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at the Historic Jackson Theater, the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre, the International Storytelling Center, the McKinney Center, and the Jonesborough Visitor Center, all located in Jonesborough. HB0201
0389 Local Education Agencies As enacted, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program and provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. HB0212
0390 Jails, Local Lock-ups As enacted, authorizes counties to develop and operate transition centers pursuant to interlocal agreements; authorizes a transition center to partner with a nonprofit organization that provides programming designed to reduce recidivism. HB0240
0391 Public Records As enacted, makes records of minor students created by a school resource or other law enforcement officer confidential and not subject to a public records request in certain circumstances, from May 11, 2021 to July 1, 2026; creates certain exceptions. HB0368
0392 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs As enacted, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of dual enrollment grants. HB0471
0393 Public Funds and Financing As enacted, revises on a temporary basis, from May 11, 2021, to January 1, 2023, provisions governing collateral for public deposits so that a qualified public depository that accepts any public deposit between May 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022, that would increase its collateral by 25 percent will have 10 calendar days from the date of the deposit to deposit additional collateral to secure such increase. HB0505
0394 Criminal Offenses As enacted, allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against certain persons engaged in the performance of official duties. HB0512
0395 Criminal Offenses As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor of communicating a threat to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity; creates the Class B misdemeanor of knowing failure to report a threat of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity. HB0534
0396 Medical Occupations As enacted, establishes provisions governing the practice of certified medical assistants. HB0559
0397 Child Labor As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Registered Apprenticeship Program Act." HB0771
0398 Basic Education Program (BEP) As enacted, establishes that a local education agency's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year must not be less than the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year; applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules. HB0777
0399 Capital Punishment As enacted, redefines the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of determining eligibility for the death penalty; allows certain defendants sentenced to death prior to the effective date of this act to petition the trial court for a determination as to whether the defendant is intellectually disabled. HB1062
0400 Sports As enacted, authorizes an intercollegiate athlete at a four-year public or private institution of higher education located in this state, other than an institution of higher education governed by the board of regents of the state university and community college system, to earn compensation for the use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness under certain conditions. HB1351

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