SB 7004
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Schools, Private - As introduced, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-kindergarten through twelve is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
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Aug 14 2023 |
Received From House, Passed On First Consideration
Aug 29 2023
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HB 7006
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the department to direct available state funds to contract with additional private service providers across the state to provide inpatient psychiatric services for uninsured individuals in this state; requires the department to report to the speakers of both houses on whether additional inpatient psychiatric services are needed in the City of Knoxville and whether additional state funds should be expended for the construction of a state-owned and -operated inpatient psychiatric facility in the City of Knoxville. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 1, Part 3.
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Aug 14 2023 |
Held On Desk.
Aug 28 2023
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SB 7005
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the department to direct available state funds to contract with additional private service providers across the state to provide inpatient psychiatric services for uninsured individuals in this state; requires the department to report to the speakers of both houses on whether additional inpatient psychiatric services are needed in the City of Knoxville and whether additional state funds should be expended for the construction of a state-owned and -operated inpatient psychiatric facility in the City of Knoxville. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 1, Part 3.
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Aug 14 2023 |
Held On Desk.
Aug 28 2023
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HB 7059
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Law Enforcement - As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's or public charter school governing body's control that has not adopted a policy to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Title 62 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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Aug 18 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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SB 7025
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Law Enforcement - As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's or public charter school governing body's control that has not adopted a policy to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Title 62 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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Aug 18 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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SB 7024
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to audit each public school in this state to assess its compliance with all applicable safety laws, rules, and policies designed to ensure the safety of students, staff, and visitors in the event of an active threat or active shooter situation on school premises, and to report the results of the audit to the general assembly; requires an audit of each public school no less than once every five years. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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Aug 17 2023 |
Placed On Cal. Education Administration Of 1st Extraordinary Session For 8/23/2023
Aug 23 2023
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HB 7043
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun on school property unless the person knows that the respective school provides armed security on the school property; removes certain exemptions of a law enforcement officer's authority to possess a firearm on school property; authorizes certain community corrections officers to possess a handgun on school property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49.
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Aug 17 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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HB 7052
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires hospitals to update the psychiatric bed tracking system at least daily. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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Aug 18 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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SB 7076
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires hospitals to update the psychiatric bed tracking system at least daily. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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Aug 18 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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SB 7023
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun on school property unless the person knows that the respective school provides armed security on the school property; removes certain exemptions of a law enforcement officer's authority to possess a firearm on school property; authorizes certain community corrections officers to possess a handgun on school property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49.
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Aug 17 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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HB 7042
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to audit each public school in this state to assess its compliance with all applicable safety laws, rules, and policies designed to ensure the safety of students, staff, and visitors in the event of an active threat or active shooter situation on school premises, and to report the results of the audit to the general assembly; requires an audit of each public school no less than once every five years. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 49 and Chapter 367 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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Aug 17 2023 |
Lay On The Table
Aug 23 2023
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SB 7026
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish the Tennessee voluntary do not sell firearms list to prohibit the possession, transportation, and sale of firearms to any person who is voluntarily admitted to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation, and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and voluntarily registers to be enrolled to the list. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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Aug 18 2023 |
P2c, Ref. To Civil Justice Committee -- Government Operations For Review
Aug 22 2023
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HB 7098
(113th First Extraordinary Session (August 2023))
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish the Tennessee voluntary do not sell firearms list to prohibit the possession, transportation, and sale of firearms to any person who is voluntarily admitted to a public or private hospital or treatment resource for diagnosis, observation, and treatment of a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and voluntarily registers to be enrolled to the list. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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Aug 18 2023 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Aug 22 2023
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SB 822
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, limits the circumstances under which a qualified civil liability action may be brought against certain manufacturers, dealers, and sellers of firearms and related products. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 47.
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Jan 30 2023 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 409
May 24 2023
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SB 1544
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Chapel Hill - Subject to local approval, clarifies that vacancies on the board and in the office of mayor be filled by majority vote of the remaining board members with the appointee to serve only until the next regular election at which time the remaining unexpired term is filled; consolidates and expands certain powers exercised by the town relative to special assessments, indebtedness, bonds, condemnation, public utilities, and correctional facilities; removes minimum age requirement for the position of town judge. - Amends Chapter 159 of the Private Acts of 2002.
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Mar 02 2023 |
Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 27
May 24 2023
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SB 1550
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Maury County - Subject to local approval, requires the civil service board to meet semi annually rather then annually; designates the county mayor as the board secretary, to replace the county human resources director; removes board authority to hold performance examinations to determine qualifications for employment; deletes competitive promotion examination requirements; provides for a right of appeals upon a suspension of an employee by the sheriff. - Amends Chapter 26 of the Private Acts of 2007.
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Mar 15 2023 |
Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 20
May 24 2023
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SB 407
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Water Pollution - As enacted, makes revisions to the Water Quality Control Act. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
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Jan 24 2023 |
Pub. Ch. 342
May 17 2023
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SB 1070
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education - As enacted, authorizes, upon a request of a director of schools or the director of a public charter school, the commissioner of education to issue an endorsement exemption to a teacher, in accordance with state board rules, to teach a physical education class required by law to elementary school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 31 2023 |
Pub. Ch. 280
May 04 2023
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SB 1237
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Schools, Private - As enacted, limits the ability of a student enrolled in a private school to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity or event, to such activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, in accordance with the student's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
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Jan 31 2023 |
Pub. Ch. 285
May 04 2023
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SB 1059
(113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, makes it a Class E felony for a book publisher, distributor, or seller to knowingly sell or distribute obscene matter to a public school serving any of the grades K-12; adds additional fines for a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9.
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Jan 31 2023 |
Pub. Ch. 278
May 04 2023
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