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Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of critical infrastructure vandalism. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 43.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of critical infrastructure vandalism. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 43.

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes counties to develop and operate transition centers pursuant to interlocal agreements; authorizes a transition center to partner with a nonprofit organization that provides programming designed to reduce recidivism. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 11.

Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires the board to consider granting parole to a prisoner who reaches the release eligibility date for the prisoner's combined sentences and has an active detainer to serve a term of imprisonment in another jurisdiction, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated rioting to include rioting by a person who travels from outside the state with intent to commit a criminal offense and participating in a riot in exchange for compensation; increases the mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated rioting to 60 days if the person commits more than one aggravating circumstance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes counties to develop and operate transition centers pursuant to interlocal agreements; authorizes a transition center to partner with a nonprofit organization that provides programming designed to reduce recidivism. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 11.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated rioting to include rioting by a person who travels from outside the state with intent to commit a criminal offense and participating in a riot in exchange for compensation; increases the mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated rioting to 60 days if the person commits more than one aggravating circumstance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds certain cyber security-related information to the information that the state-level safety team must include in the template safety plan that LEAs must adopt as part of their comprehensive district-wide and building-level school safety plans. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds certain cyber security-related information to the information that the state-level safety team must include in the template safety plan that LEAs must adopt as part of their comprehensive district-wide and building-level school safety plans. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student's parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum; permits a parent or guardian to excuse the parent's or guardian's student from a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum, and prohibits the LEA or charter school from penalizing an excused student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.

Child Custody and Support - As enacted, prohibits a court from solely considering a parent's disability to determine custody unless it impacts the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; specifies that a court cannot consider a parent or guardian's disability alone in a termination of parental rights proceeding unless it impacts the physical or psychological welfare of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates exceptions to the offense of open or concealed carrying of a firearm with the intent to go armed for any person legally in possession and not prohibited from possessing a firearm; converts existing defenses to be exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70.

Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Maps Act," which establishes requirements for the process of redistricting congressional and general assembly districts. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes a county election commission to place absentee voting ballot boxes at locations within its jurisdiction other than at the commission's office. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions that purchase or lease voting machines on and after July 1, 2021, to purchase or lease precinct-based optical scanners. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20, Part 1.

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, establishes eligibility of person convicted of a Class E, D, or C felony to apply for and receive voter registration card upon receiving a pardon, being discharged from custody for service of the person's maximum sentence, or being granted a certificate of final discharge from supervision by the board of parole. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Election Laws - As introduced, changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for certain infamous crimes to a temporary suspension of voting rights for the period of confinement, probation, or parole; automatically restores a person's voting rights upon release from confinement, probation, or parole. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Election Laws - As introduced, creates a polling place pilot program in Davidson County jails to provide eligible inmates the opportunity to vote; expires the program on December 31, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Election Laws - As introduced, creates a polling place pilot program in Davidson County jails to provide eligible inmates the opportunity to vote; expires the program on December 31, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Election Laws - As introduced, changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for certain infamous crimes to a temporary suspension of voting rights for the period of confinement, probation, or parole; automatically restores a person's voting rights upon release from confinement, probation, or parole. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited institution of higher education in this state for purposes of voter identification at a polling place; requires the secretary of state to conduct studies on such use and file reports regarding such use. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Sentencing - As introduced, increases the maximum percentage of the sentence imposed by the court that can be reduced by sentence credits from 15 percent to 35 percent for certain offenses and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Sentencing - As introduced, increases the maximum percentage of the sentence imposed by the court that can be reduced by sentence credits from 15 percent to 35 percent for certain offenses and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited institution of higher education in this state for purposes of voter identification at a polling place; requires the secretary of state to conduct studies on such use and file reports regarding such use. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, adds delaying or modifying the schedule or performance of any dental procedure to the meaning of "arising from COVID-19" as used in the Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, adds delaying or modifying the schedule or performance of any dental procedure to the meaning of "arising from COVID-19" as used in the Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm, if a person meets age requirements, lawfully possesses the handgun, and is in a place that the person is lawfully present; revises other firearm statutes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm, if a person meets age requirements, lawfully possesses the handgun, and is in a place that the person is lawfully present; revises other firearm statutes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the sentence a person who commits first degree murder as a minor is required to serve before becoming release eligible from 51 years to 30 years; applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the sentence a person who commits first degree murder as a minor is required to serve before becoming release eligible from 51 years to 30 years; applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Textbooks - As introduced, prohibits the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission from recommending or listing, the state board of education from approving for local adoption or from granting a waiver for, and LEAs and public charter schools from adopting or using textbooks and instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials that promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyles. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits a county election commission from transmitting an application to vote absentee to a voter unless the voter makes a request for the ballot in writing. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202.

Textbooks - As introduced, prohibits the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission from recommending or listing, the state board of education from approving for local adoption or from granting a waiver for, and LEAs and public charter schools from adopting or using textbooks and instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials that promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyles. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires that a student's gender for purposes of participation in a public middle school or high school interscholastic athletic activity or event be determined by the student's sex at the time of the student's birth, as indicated on the student's original birth certificate. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Local Government, General - As introduced, prohibits a local government from having residency requirements as a condition of employment for a first responder. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 38, Chapter 8; Title 68, Chapter 140 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes up to two members of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires each county to use precinct-based optical scanners for elections beginning no later than January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20, Part 1.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires an applicant for an absentee ballot to only include the last four digits of the applicant's social security number on the application rather than the applicant's full social security number. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 2.

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Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to designate public institutions of higher education with 20,000 or more enrolled students as polling places during early voting in federal and state general elections and presidential primaries for a period of at least five days; authorizes the institution to select the days for early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to designate public institutions of higher education with 20,000 or more enrolled students as polling places during early voting in federal and state general elections and presidential primaries for a period of at least five days; authorizes the institution to select the days for early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.

Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Election Laws - As introduced, abolishes early voting; prohibits the use of voting machines; requires elections to be conducted with watermarked paper ballots that are hand-marked by the voter. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes a qualified voter to register to vote and vote on any day of early voting and on election day for a primary, general, or runoff election in this state. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes a qualified voter to register to vote and vote on any day of early voting and on election day for a primary, general, or runoff election in this state. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, removes the requirement that a person must be current in all child support obligations to be eligible for voting rights restoration. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 2.

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, changes the amount of child support obligations that must be paid, from current in all obligations to a consistent portion paid monthly, in order for a person to be eligible for voting rights restoration. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 2.

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, changes the amount of child support obligations that must be paid, from current in all obligations to a consistent portion paid monthly, in order for a person to be eligible for voting rights restoration. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 2.

Historical Commission - As introduced, requires the Tennessee historical commission to file quarterly reports with the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives concerning the status of waivers filed with the commission affecting the state capitol complex. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 9.

Children and Youth, Commission on - As introduced, enacts the "Community Accountability for Juvenile Justice and Violence Act." - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires certain employers to utilize an e-verification program in hiring; removes immunity for an employer's reliance on other forms of verification; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, names a walking path along and crossing Interstate 40 in the City of Memphis as the "Gladys Bennett Memorial Walking Path". - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.

Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, creates the commission on petroleum pipelines to study and review the manner in which petroleum companies exercise eminent domain for purposes of siting, constructing, and operating new petroleum pipelines; places a temporary moratorium on acquiring by eminent domain property for the construction of new pipeline. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68.

Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2022 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Bolivar - Subject to local approval, renames the city administrator as the city recorder; changes the timing of the payment of the mayor's salary to be in the same manner as city employees instead of monthly. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.

Bolivar - Subject to local approval, renames the city administrator as the city recorder; changes the timing of the payment of the mayor's salary to be in the same manner as city employees instead of monthly. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.

Westmoreland - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

Anderson County - Subject to local approval, authorizes Anderson County to regulate fireworks. - Amends Chapter 291 of the Private Acts of 1947.

School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of Richard City and Deptford Independent School District, authorizes the district to issue bonds and notes in an amount not to exceed $2,350,000. - Amends Chapter 93 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended.

Anderson County - Subject to local approval, authorizes Anderson County to regulate fireworks. - Amends Chapter 291 of the Private Acts of 1947.

School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of Richard City and Deptford Independent School District, authorizes the district to issue bonds and notes in an amount not to exceed $2,350,000. - Amends Chapter 93 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended.

Whiteville - Subject to local approval, reduces the number of readings required for the passage of ordinances by the board of mayor and aldermen from three to two. - Amends Chapter 280 of the Acts of 1901.

Whiteville - Subject to local approval, reduces the number of readings required for the passage of ordinances by the board of mayor and aldermen from three to two. - Amends Chapter 280 of the Acts of 1901.

Westmoreland - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

Professions and Occupations - As enacted, repeals the Locksmith Licensing Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 62, Chapter 76.

Professions and Occupations - As enacted, repeals the Locksmith Licensing Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 62, Chapter 76.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for drag racing from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for drag racing from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes a municipality, a county, or a county having a metropolitan form of government to prohibit the use of tobacco products or vapor products, or both, on the grounds of a public park, public playground, or public greenway as long as the public park, public playground, or public greenway is owned or controlled by the respective municipality or county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 54 and Title 66.

Education - As enacted, enacts the "K-12 Mental Health Trust Fund Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, rewrites the Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Chapter 839 of the Public Acts of 2018.

Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, creates the state as a model employer (SAME) program within the department to ensure certain employment practices in regard to individuals with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, creates the state as a model employer (SAME) program within the department to ensure certain employment practices in regard to individuals with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and grants additional time for certain plates to meet the minimum order requirement; revises other special license plate provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to increase the hourly wage for direct care professionals employed at contracted agencies of the department for the home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any successor programs, such that on July 1, 2021, the hourly wage is at least $12.50 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 33.

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to increase the hourly wage for direct care professionals employed at contracted agencies of the department for the home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any successor programs, such that on July 1, 2021, the hourly wage is at least $12.50 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 33.

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends provisions related to the apportionment and distribution of state tax revenue as they pertain to National Hockey League franchises until June 30, 2049. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Education - As enacted, enacts the "School Turnaround Pilot Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Health Care - As enacted, creates the medical cannabis commission; exempts from the definition of marijuana oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.9% of THC for use by a person with certain health issues, if certain other requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes various new special license plates and grants additional time for certain plates to meet the minimum order requirement; revises other special license plate provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.

Judicial Districts - As enacted, requires that any employee of the twenty-first judicial district who transfers to the same position in the thirty-second judicial district as of September 1, 2022, must retain the same level of salary and benefits, subject to appropriation by the general assembly in the annual appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18.

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35 years, the maximum time period during which a certain portion of state sales taxes are allocated and distributed to a municipality or industrial development corporation that finances development of an extraordinary retail or tourism facility project in a certified border region retail tourism development district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

Public Utility Commission - As enacted, increases membership of commission from five to seven members; revises other provisions regarding appointments and panels. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 1 and Title 65, Chapter 2.

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35 years, the maximum time period during which a certain portion of state sales taxes are allocated and distributed to a municipality or industrial development corporation that finances development of an extraordinary retail or tourism facility project in a certified border region retail tourism development district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

Highway Signs - As enacted, establishes provisions governing specific service signs where more than six businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels. - Amends TCA Title 54.

Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study the feasibility of creating a state gold depository and to report its findings to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives no later than January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56 and Title 67.

Judicial Districts - As enacted, requires that any employee of the twenty-first judicial district who transfers to the same position in the thirty-second judicial district as of September 1, 2022, must retain the same level of salary and benefits, subject to appropriation by the general assembly in the annual appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18.

Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study the feasibility of creating a state gold depository and to report its findings to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives no later than January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56 and Title 67.

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes district attorney general to petition court for protective order prohibiting defendant and defendant's counsel from publishing certain information in certain circumstances; penalizes violation of such an order as Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, in cooperation with the department of health and THEC, to administer certain residency opportunities; creates a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three grand divisions of this state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Tit...

County Boundaries - As enacted, alters the boundary between Davidson and Wilson counties in such manner as to detach certain parcels of real property currently located in Davidson County and to attach such parcels to Wilson County. -

Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, in cooperation with the department of health and THEC, to administer certain residency opportunities; creates a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three grand divisions of this state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Tit...

County Boundaries - As enacted, alters the boundary between Davidson and Wilson counties in such manner as to detach certain parcels of real property currently located in Davidson County and to attach such parcels to Wilson County. -

Health Care - As enacted, creates the medical cannabis commission; exempts from the definition of marijuana oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.9% of THC for use by a person with certain health issues, if certain other requirements met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

Highway Signs - As enacted, establishes provisions governing specific service signs where more than six businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels. - Amends TCA Title 54.

Public Health - As enacted, repeals private acts enacting county boards of health or departments of health; requires commissioner of health to report information regarding certain quarantines to the joint government operations committee, the health committee of the house, and the health and welfare committee of the senate; limits the county health officer's quarantine power; prohibits state or local governmental official, entity, department, or agency requiring physical documentation or digital storage of protected health information related to an individual's immunization or vaccination again...