TN - HB1003 Healthcare Liability - As enacted, provides that a healthcare provider's disclosure of relevant information in response to a court order, including, but not limited to, protected health information, opinions as to the standard of care of any defendant, compliance with or breach of the standard, and causation of the alleged injury, will be deemed a permissible disclosure. - Amends TCA Section 29-26-121(f)(2).
TN - HB1739 Open Meetings - As introduced, prohibits voting by text message for members participating in a meeting by electronic means or for members participating in an electronic communication set up by a governing body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44 and Title 10, Chapter 7.
TN - HB1658 Alcohol Offenses, Motor Vehicles - As introduced, extends the Class C misdemeanor offense of consuming an alcoholic beverage or possessing an open alcoholic beverage container in an operating motor vehicle to passengers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
TN - HB1791 Courts, Supreme Court of Tennessee - As enacted, allows the supreme court, through order or rule, to set all filing costs, fees, charges, and surcharges for documents filed in and functions performed by the clerks of the appellate courts or board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21.
TN - HB1397 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes a motor sports tourist municipality to impose a privilege tax not to exceed two percent of the consideration charged by restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, caterers, and other similar establishments; specifies that 75 percent of the proceeds collected from any tax imposed be used for tourism-related expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 67.
TN - HB706 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, clarifies that contracts between wholesalers and manufacturers for more than seven years are contrary to public policy of the state; defines "good cause" for purposes of terminating a contract between a wholesaler and a manufacturer. - Amends TCA Title 57.
TN - HB140 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, expands the open container law to include the driver of a motor vehicle as well as the passengers; permits certain bowling centers to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption if the bowling center has a restaurant or limited service restaurant located on the premises of the bowling center. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
TN - HB459 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires a county that is ordered to make a refund of property taxes pursuant to a final action of a court or the state board of equalization or assessment appeals commission to deliver the refund by United States certified mail, return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Title 67.
TN - HB550 Special License Plates - As introduced, authorizes the issuance of a new specialty earmarked license plate for cystic fibrosis awareness. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
TN - HR48 Memorials, Interns - Brittany Victoria Cobble.
TN - HB1790 Public Records - As introduced, requires persons who solicit fees for copies of public records to put certain information in the solicitation. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
TN - HB964 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, enacts the "Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 4 and Title 67.
TN - HR4 Court Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, as adopted by the supreme court.
TN - HR3 Court Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, as adopted by the supreme court.
TN - HB144 Courts - As introduced, establishes advisory task forces to study and report recommendations on electronic filing in state courts and the appointment of counsel for indigent defenses. - Amends TCA Title 16.
TN - HB1520 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, permits certain existing nursing home facilities to apply for a certificate of need to relocate nursing home beds to two different sites within the same county. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.
TN - HB451 Traffic Safety - As introduced, revises the fines for failing to use a seat belt and increases the maximum fine for texting while driving from a $50.00 to a fine of $250. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6.
TN - HB1659 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, imposes costs for failure to pay or answer a citation for violating posted speed limits; requires convictions for third and subsequent speeding violations to be reported to department of safety and subjects persons convicted to license suspension and revocation. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
TN - HB141 Courts - As introduced, creates a task force on implementing e-filing in Tennessee's court system; creates a task force on revising the process of appointment of counsel for indigent defendants. - Amends TCA Title 16.
TN - HR143 Court Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, as adopted by the supreme court.
TN - HR144 Court Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, as adopted by the supreme court.
TN - HB1792 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, enacts the "Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 11; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 67.
TN - HB541 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, changes the time period for the revocation or suspension of a manufacturer's license for mislabeling of whiskey from not less than one year to not greater than one year. - Amends TCA Title 57.
TN - HB1519 Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, adds a former or current judicial commissioner to the board of judicial conduct to be appointed by the governor from nominees supplied by the judicial commissioners association of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5.
TN - HB2234 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts the "Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act" and the "Asbestos Claims Priorities Act." - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34.
TN - HB142 Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, establishes the procedure for the appointment, confirmation, and retention of appellate court judges pursuant to Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 6; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38.
TN - HB1098 Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits the use of unmanned traffic enforcement cameras in certain areas of Bluff City. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
TN - HB1546 Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of financial institutions from using a multi-state licensing system to share FBI criminal history background information of anyone other than mortgage loan originators, unless otherwise authorized by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5 and Title 45, Chapter 13.
TN - HJR139 Memorials, Recognition - Commemorates May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month in Tennessee.