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SB2493 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to employment.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to strive to employ school personnel in a manner that fairly represents the racial and ethnic composition of the student body for the school to which such personnel are assigned. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2269 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to food assistance.
Jeff Yarbro, Raumesh A. Akbari, Heidi Campbell
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, directs the department to identify federal and state regulations that inhibit the efficient processing of applications and delivery of benefits for the food assistance program; requires the department to submit any necessary waiver applications by October 31; requires the department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31. - Amends TCA Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB2242 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to exemptions from fees for certain driver licenses.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2267 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 49, relative to child abuse.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Failed
SB2237 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 7 and Title 67, relative to housing.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, entitles each county and municipality that adopts certain zoning reform strategies that support housing development to receive from the department of revenue up to 20 percent of the revenue collected from the recordation tax based on transactions in the respective jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7 and Title 67.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2163 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13 and Title 68, Chapter 120, relative to building regulations.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases from 10 working days to 15 business days the amount of time the fire marshal has to issue a decision on a dispute between a city and county regarding a building or fire code. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2344 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-1-102 and Section 3-1-103, relative to the composition of districts.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2345 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to primary elections.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, removes the requirement that a registered voter be a bona fide member of, affiliated with, or declare allegiance to a political party in order to vote in a political party's primary election; removes the requirement that the officer of elections at each polling place post a sign stating that it is a crime to vote in a political party's primary election without being a bona fide member of, or affiliated with, that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2272 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to indigent defense.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2268 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Introduced
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