SB-1262: As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dolores Gresham
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 425 on 05/29/2019
You have voted SB-1262: As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29..
SB-1268: As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Pub. Ch. 395 on 05/15/2019
You have voted SB-1268: As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38..
SB-1297: As enacted, redefines "public place" for purposes of the offense of indecent exposure; includes a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 251 on 05/09/2019
You have voted SB-1297: As enacted, redefines "public place" for purposes of the offense of indecent exposure; includes a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40..
SB-1304: As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 514 on 02/18/2020
You have voted SB-1304: As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1..
SB-1337: As enacted, authorizes the chief law enforcement officer of a state or local law enforcement agency to establish policies regarding off-duty use of law enforcement vehicles to provide an enhanced security presence at vulnerable locations, which include places of worship, schools, and parks. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 139 on 04/15/2019
You have voted SB-1337: As enacted, authorizes the chief law enforcement officer of a state or local law enforcement agency to establish policies regarding off-duty use of law enforcement vehicles to provide an enhanced security presence at vulnerable locations, which include places of worship, schools, and parks. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3..
SB-1379: As enacted, increases, from $600 to $1,000, the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship awarded each semester to an eligible student for full-time attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
Sponsored by: Sen. Becky Massey
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 469 on 05/29/2019
You have voted SB-1379: As enacted, increases, from $600 to $1,000, the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship awarded each semester to an eligible student for full-time attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9..
You have voted SB-1389: As enacted, authorizes the development and use of a commemorative certificate of nonviable birth. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68..
SB-1442: As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 490 on 05/29/2019
You have voted SB-1442: As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2..
SB-1458: As enacted, specifies, for purposes of sales and use taxes, that "tangible personal property" does not include fiber-optic cable after it has become attached to a utility pole, building, or other structure or installed underground; deems such fiber-optic cable to be realty upon installation; deletes the excise tax credit for qualified broadband internet access equipment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 501 on 05/29/2019
You have voted SB-1458: As enacted, specifies, for purposes of sales and use taxes, that "tangible personal property" does not include fiber-optic cable after it has become attached to a utility pole, building, or other structure or installed underground; deems such fiber-optic cable to be realty upon installation; deletes the excise tax credit for qualified broadband internet access equipment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67..
SB-1469: As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse an ambulance service provider that provides a covered service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers; requires the bureau to seek an intergovernmental transfer of funds for the sole purpose of increasing the rate of reimbursement to ambulance service providers that provide covered services to TennCare recipients at a rate greater than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Bailey
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 658 on 04/06/2020
You have voted SB-1469: As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse an ambulance service provider that provides a covered service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers; requires the bureau to seek an intergovernmental transfer of funds for the sole purpose of increasing the rate of reimbursement to ambulance service providers that provide covered services to TennCare recipients at a rate greater than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71..