SB 1048
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, sets new caseload requirements for case managers in the department to take effect January 1, 2025; requires the department to employ special response team personnel, who do not maintain regular caseloads but are available to assume cases from case managers to assist in maintaining caseload standards, respond to emergent situations, and guard against interruption in service delivery; requires the department to notify the governor, the members of the general assembly, and the Tennessee commission on children and youth if staffing requirements are not met. - Amends TCA Title 37.
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Jan 31 2023 |
Rcvd. From S., Held On H. Desk.
Mar 18 2024
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SB 2268
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to annually collect and report certain information for each provider and nonpublic school that receives public funds through a scholarship, voucher, education savings account, individualized education account, or similar program created to provide parents, guardians, or students state or local funds to assist the parent, guardian, or student in paying tuition, fees, and any other approved expenses associated with the student enrolling in and attending a nonpublic school in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Education Committee
Mar 13 2024
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SB 2541
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Claims Commission, Tennessee - As introduced, increases the amount of damages for which the state may be liable for damages in causes of action arising in tort from $300,000 per claimant and $1,000,000 per occurrence to $1,250,000 per claimant. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8 and Title 29.
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Jan 31 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 13 2024
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SB 2719
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
State Government - As introduced, requires persons to meet certain qualifications in order to be eligible for appointment as chief executive officer of an administrative department of state government; creates a mechanism for the removal of such officers for cause by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
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Jan 31 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate State And Local Government Committee
Mar 12 2024
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SB 1965
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Appeal and Review - As introduced, clarifies that a petition of certiorari that appeals a final order or judgment of a board or commission must name the board or commission as defendants; further clarifies that other parties of record have the right to intervene if they were involved in the hearing before the board and commission and did not join as petitioners. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 9.
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Jan 24 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 11 2024
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SB 2267
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Child Abuse - As introduced, requires a school to comply with the obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect in order for the school to qualify as a school in which a student may be enrolled to satisfy school attendance requirements; specifies that certain training and reporting requirements apply to nonpublic schools; prohibits persons who knowingly fail to comply, or who knowingly prevent compliance, with the obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect from serving as a teacher or in any position requiring proximity to children in certain settings; adds nonpublic schools to the entities required to investigate persons applying for or holding a position requiring proximity to school children. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Failed In Senate Education Committee / No Second
Mar 06 2024
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SB 2242
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Driver Licenses - As introduced, exempts minors from fees for hardship licenses; exempts persons over 18 from fees for issuance and renewal of noncommercial licenses upon submission of documentation showing the person's income falls below the federal poverty level. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Transportation And Safety Committee
Mar 06 2024
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SB 2353
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to establish by January 1, 2025, a publicly accessible website that contains information about the performance of child care agencies, including violations by the agency, injuries or deaths occurring at the agency, date of the agency's last inspection, and other relevant information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 05 2024
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SB 1077
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Children and Youth, Commission on - As introduced, creates the children's program outcome recovery team, to be organized by the Tennessee commission on children and youth, to review cases of children and families being served by the department of children's services; requires the children's program outcome recovery team to report the previous year's findings and recommendations for improving the department of children's services to the governor and the members of the general assembly by January 15 each year. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.
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Jan 31 2023 |
Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 05 2024
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SB 2343
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, requires the attorney general to obtain judicial approval from a chancery court judge in Davidson County, or a chancery court judge in the county in which the state's civil investigative demand is to be served, before issuing a civil investigative demand; makes various related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 16.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 27 2024
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SB 2718
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
TennCare - As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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Jan 31 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Health And Welfare Committee
Feb 05 2024
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SB 2510
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to publish in a publicly accessible location on its website a list of farmers market food unit permits that it issues, and to update the list not less than once per month. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68.
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Jan 31 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Health And Welfare Committee
Feb 05 2024
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SB 2717
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
State Government - As introduced, authorizes the chief procurement officer's designee to execute a contract for goods or services entered into by an executive branch state agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 71.
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Jan 31 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee
Feb 05 2024
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SB 2240
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
TennCare - As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires the bureau to submit a waiver to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services by December 31, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Health And Welfare Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2344
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, clarifies that including noncontiguous land islands of a county as part of a senate district that the rest of the county is located in does not violate the legislative intent of keeping districts contiguous. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102 and Section 3-1-103.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2272
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Public Defenders - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 10 business days, the amount of time prior to a meeting that written notice of the meeting must be given by the president of the public defenders conference to members of the conference. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2407
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
General Assembly - As introduced, requires members of the general assembly to undergo a mental health evaluation within one month of the giving of the annual current issues ethics training; requires that the evaluations take place in a manner that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of each member. - Amends TCA Title 3.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2271
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, increases from three to five business days, the amount of time within which the department must notify the state board of education that a license has been issued to a facility that intends to provide care to children who are transported across state lines to enter the facility's care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
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Jan 30 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2165
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to notify parents and guardians of students who do not test proficient in mathematics on the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test of academic supports in mathematics that are available to the student before the beginning of the upcoming school year or during the upcoming school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 29 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 01 2024
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SB 2161
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Libraries - As introduced, prohibits certain kinds of provisions in contracts and agreements between publishers and libraries related to the licensing of electronic literary materials. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
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Jan 29 2024 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 01 2024
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