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SB0479 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to the uniform commercial code.
John Stevens, Janince Bowling, Page Walley
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, clarifies that a "deposit account," for purposes of provisions regarding secured transactions in the Uniform Commercial Code, does not include a United States central bank digital currency. - Amends TCA Title 47.
STATUS
Passed
SB2478 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 63, Chapter 12, relative to animals.
Joseph Hensley, Page Walley
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, prohibits the department of agriculture or any other state or local department or agency from entering private property without probable cause to believe that a criminal offense has occurred or is occurring, the consent of the property owner, a warrant, or a recognized warrant exception; requires a member of a society incorporated for the prevention of cruelty to animals to notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency of the member's intent to make an arrest or interfere to prevent an act of cruelty and the circumstances justifying the action before doing so. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 63, Chapter 12.
STATUS
Passed
SB2070 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4, relative to children.
Jack Johnson, Brent Taylor, Ferrell Haile
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
STATUS
Passed
SJR1383 - A RESOLUTION to recognize Assistant Chief Michion Gatlin on the occasion of his retirement.
Page Walley
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Assistant Chief Michion Gatlin, Bolivar Fire Department
STATUS
Passed
SJR1384 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Sarah Belle Day of Somerville.
Page Walley
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Sarah Belle Day
STATUS
Passed
SB1679 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 49, relative to safety precautions taken in response to potential active shooter situations.
Ferrell Haile, Dawn White, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
SJR1385 - A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Tabitha Steadman on her selection as the 2023–2024 Teacher of the Year for the South Central Region.
Page Walley
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Tabitha Steadman, South Central Region Teacher of the Year
STATUS
Passed
SB0677 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to dental benefits.
Shane Reeves, Ken Yager, Art Swann
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB1825 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12, relative to state entities.
Bo Watson, Page Walley
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, prohibits a state entity from submitting payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment; requires a state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident to immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the TBI. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
STATUS
Passed
SB2690 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to sales and use taxes.
Steve Southerland, Ferrell Haile, Page Walley
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, extends the deadline by which a distressed rural county must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2024, to December 31, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Passed
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