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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
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| SB 1167 | Taxes - As introduced, changes from March 31 to March 1, the date by which the department of transportation must transmit to the governor and speakers of both houses its annual report listing the litter prevention programs receiving funds from the 0.4 percent increase in the gross receipts tax on bottled soft drinks, the amount of funds received by the programs, and the purpose for which the funds were spent. - Amends TCA Title 67. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 798 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, specifies that the office of early learning is required, by February 1, to provide an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the status of pre-kindergarten programs, which must include, at a minimum, the number, location, and types of providers of pre-kindergarten classrooms and the number of at-risk children served. - Amends TCA Title 49. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 830 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, specifies that the offense of reckless endangerment includes a person who recklessly discharges a firearm into the air while in a densely populated area; provides that a densely populated area may be proven by evidence of the population of the city or county, housing density in the immediate area of the offense, the number of persons present at the time of the offense, or any other evidence. - Amends TCA Title 39. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 710 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the punishment for the offense of misuse of official information to include at least 30 hours of community service work to be determined by the court, in addition to any other punishment authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 4. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 610 | TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1157 | Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, allows a retirement allowance increase equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index if there is an over-collection of state tax revenue; requires this allowance increase to be used instead of the allowance increase in present law, which cannot exceed 3 percent. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-701. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 854 | District Attorneys - As introduced, extends the time within which each district attorney general must submit a funding report to the district attorneys general conference from 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10 and Title 17. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 598 | Public Utilities - As introduced, extends from January 1 to February 1, the deadline for local governments that have adopted local legislation related to wind energy facility siting to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 68. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 791 | Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in certain civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 618 | General Assembly - As introduced, requires the speakers of the senate and house of representatives to determine an equivalent number of legislative conferences, or number of legislative conference days, for which a member of the senate or house of representatives is entitled to attend for purposes of receiving expense and mileage allowances. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1043 | Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates the new swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center." - | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 786 | Psychologists - As introduced, requires that test materials and test data from psychological or neuropsychological testing be kept secure to avoid compromising the validity of the testing; makes other changes related to security of psychological or neuropsychological test materials and test data. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1100 | Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the department from denying the dissemination or availability of books and materials donated by book vendors to state inmates, with certain exceptions for depictions of nudity and sexually explicit material. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 40 and Title 41. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1418 | Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Mental Health Volunteer Alliance Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 828 | Health Care - As introduced, requires a person who collects blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for blood transfusions to require a blood donor to disclose if the donor has received a COVID-19 vaccination; permits a person in need of a blood transfusion in a nonemergent situation to request blood based on the blood donor's COVID-19 vaccination status. - Amends TCA Title 68. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 313 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, excludes materials obtained by an individual teacher that are made available in the teacher's classroom to students assigned to the teacher's class from having to be identified in a list of library collection materials posted on the school's website; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy for developing and reviewing classroom libraries. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SJR 52 | General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Reaffirms the General Assembly's intent to protect pregnant people, their friends, and their families. - | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1218 | Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Parole Relief and Opportunity Act"; expands the definition of hardship for purposes of determining the ability of a parolee to contribute to the cost of the person's supervision and release. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 1188 | Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands eligibility for a helping heroes grant to include veterans who have received any medal authorized by congress for the armed forces of the United States that is awarded for combat or heroism; allows eligible veterans to receive a helping heroes grant in pursuit of a certificate at an eligible postsecondary institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |
| SB 736 | Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, extends from March 1 to March 30, the date by which not-for-profit corporations and associations that administer an educational cooperative plan or scholarship plan must file a statement of financial condition with the commissioner of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | In Committee | 27 | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 |