SB 2728
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Feb 02 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 959
May 04 2022
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SB 2719
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Sexual Offenders - As enacted, expands the uses of sex offender registration fees available to the registering agency to include the investigation of sexual offenses and the purchase of specialized equipment for use in the investigation of sexual offenses in addition to paying the administrative costs of the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.
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Jan 20 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 931
May 04 2022
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SB 1528
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Sentencing - As enacted, revises provisions governing sentencing for persons convicted of drug offenses committed in a drug-free school zone; authorizes a court that imposed a sentence for a drug-free school zone offense that occurred prior to September 1, 2020, upon motion of the defendant or the district attorney general or the court's own motion, to resentence the defendant under the current law. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Feb 11 2021 |
Pub. Ch. 927
May 04 2022
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SR 202
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexius Brunson, Salutatorian, Memphis Central High School -
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Apr 26 2022 |
Signed By Senate Speaker
May 04 2022
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SB 2242
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32.
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Jan 31 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 942
May 04 2022
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SB 2223
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Probation and Parole - As enacted, enacts the "Joe Clyde Daniels Act" to require the board of parole, in making a parole determination for an offender convicted of a homicide, to consider whether the offender obstructed or continues to obstruct the ability of law enforcement to recover the remains of the victim. - Amends TCA Title 40.
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Feb 01 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 944
May 04 2022
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SB 2501
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006.
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Jan 27 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 938
May 04 2022
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SB 2309
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Foster Care - As enacted, requires each LEA to designate a foster care liaison to collaborate with the department of children's services to address educational barriers for students in foster care and to facilitate compliance with applicable state and federal laws; allows each LEA to appoint a building point of contact in each elementary, middle, and high school to coordinate with the foster care liaison. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Feb 01 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 951
May 04 2022
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SB 2158
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Education - As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for abortions. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 31 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 950
May 04 2022
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SB 1866
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, revises the manner in which the department may dispose of the unclaimed body of an inmate who dies in a penitentiary, including by way of cremation. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21.
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Jan 20 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 933
May 04 2022
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SR 179
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Leah Andres, Fayette County Public Schools Teacher of the Year -
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Apr 14 2022 |
Signed By Senate Speaker
May 04 2022
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SB 1890
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Education - As enacted, allows teachers to use results from benchmark assessments, including, but not limited to, state-adopted benchmark assessments or a universal screener approved by the state board of education, to measure student achievement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.
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Jan 19 2022 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 914
May 02 2022
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SB 2736
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Nicholas' Law," which specifies that a prior conviction for the offense of boating under the influence must be treated the same as a prior conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant for purposes of determining punishment for a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant; specifies that a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must be treated the same as a prior conviction for boating under the influence for purposes of determining punishment for boating under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 69, Chapter 9, Part 2.
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Jan 31 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 910
May 02 2022
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SB 2201
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, removes the requirement for court approval of a tort claim settlement involving a minor that is less than $10,000; revises other provisions regarding tort settlements involving minors. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34 and Title 34, Chapter 1.
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Jan 24 2022 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 917
May 02 2022
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SB 2428
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, allows TEMA to use unmanned aircraft to capture images for the purposes of emergency management and limits the amount of time that TEMA may retain an image it captures pursuant to this provision for the purpose of damage assessment to one year or, if the disaster is later declared a major disaster by the President of the United States, for the retention period required by the federal emergency management agency for data related to damage assessment; limits the amount of time that TEMA may retain all images captured for any other purpose to 15 business days. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-902.
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Jan 31 2022 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 922
May 02 2022
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SB 1861
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of the state education finance funds that an LEA is otherwise eligible to receive if the LEA fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth; exempts an LEA that fails or refuses to determine a student's gender, for purposes of participation in school sports, by the student's sex at the time of birth if the LEA's failure or refusal to do so is required by a court or other legally binding order. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Jan 20 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 909
May 02 2022
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SB 1375
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing qualification of additional candidates in a primary election or nonpartisan general election after the qualifying deadline due to death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a qualified candidate leaving no candidates for nomination or office. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 16; Title 17; Title 27 and Title 29.
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Feb 10 2021 |
Pub. Ch. 925
May 02 2022
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SB 2319
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau to, in consultation with and approval of the commissioner of finance and administration, develop and implement a program substantially similar to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services’ Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport model for emergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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Feb 01 2022 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 919
May 02 2022
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SB 2757
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates July 16 as "Ida B. Wells Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
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Feb 02 2022 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 924
May 02 2022
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SB 2464
(112th Regular Session (2021-2022))
State Government - As enacted, adds to the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act that a public benefit does not include a professional or commercial license for purposes of the citizenship verification requirement; specifies that to be eligible for a professional or commercial license, an applicant must show that the applicant is either a United States citizen or authorized under federal law to work in the United States as verified by the SAVE program. - Amends TCA Title 4.
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Feb 01 2022 |
Pub. Ch. 911
May 02 2022
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