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SB0533 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 8, relative to sick leave banks.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, J. Adam Lowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the grant of sick leave from a sick leave bank to a state employee to care for a sick minor child of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 8.
STATUS
Passed
SB0535 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to children.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, J. Adam Lowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, revises the definition of abandonment for purposes of termination of parental rights to include circumstances where the parent or guardian fails to visit or support the child for a period of three consecutive months if the child is less than four years of age. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
STATUS
Passed
SB0530 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to children.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, enacts the "First Lady's Children's Trust Fund Act," which creates a trust fund to support persons and entities seeking assistance in the care of children in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0676 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45 and Title 66, relative to financial institutions.
Shane Reeves
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, specifies that the requirement to notify the department of revenue of the death of the sole or last surviving lessee of a safe deposit box does not apply if the lessee died after December 31, 2015; specifies that a state trust institution is not required to publish public notice in order to establish and maintain a new trust office; authorizes the holder of debt secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien to assess and collect fees from the borrower of the debt for the anticipated or actual costs of making entry of partial or entire payments upon the record, or for registering a formal release. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 66.
STATUS
Passed
SB0707 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 120, relative to governmental approval.
John Stevens, Ken Yager, Shane Reeves
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, lowers the population threshold, from 25,000 to 20,000, below which two or more cities may agree to jointly engage one building inspector. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1401 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 71, relative to children.
Shane Reeves
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires a party who files a divorce complaint to also simultaneously file information regarding whether parties have health insurance coverage in employer-based health coverage and whether such coverage is provided for any children of the marriage; makes mandatory the provision of sworn statements regarding parties' income, expenses, real and personal property, and whether parties have health insurance coverage in employer-based health coverage and whether such coverage is provided for any children of the marriage. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0696 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68 and Title 71, relative to nursing homes.
Shane Reeves
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, removes provisions that required the department of health to provide reviewed recommendations, previously developed to protect nursing home residents from vendors and others who would seek to provide inappropriate or unneeded goods and services, to legislative committees by the second Tuesday in January 2010. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0750 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, relative to early learning.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ferrell Haile, Charlane Oliver
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires the department to create and implement a promising futures program to provide scholarships to children who are not school age to assist them in developing early language and literacy skills in a high-quality early care and learning program; redirects, from the lottery for education account to an account administered by the department to provide funding for the promising futures scholarship program, a certain percentage of the privilege tax collected from sports wagering licensees for certain fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0501 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5, relative to victims of sexual offenses.
Bo Watson, Raumesh A. Akbari, Paul E. Bailey
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, specifies that certain sexual offenses committed against minor victims of a certain age apply based on the age of the victim at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0670 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 68, relative to emergency medical services.
Shane Reeves
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows the submission of applications for licenses, permits, and certificates by emergency medical services personnel, and applicable fees, before the expiration date of the license, permit, or certificate to extend the license's, permit's or certificate's period up to 65 days, instead of 60 days, to allow administrative processing. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
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