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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS: VOTES
(104th General Assembly, Second Session: 2006)
| AGRICULTURE, FARMING, AND ANIMAL CARE LEGISLATION: | |
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SB2711. Authorizes Department of Agriculture to issue a certificate of free sale for drug products for which the manufacturer or distributor has provided documentation of FDA inspection and which such manufacturer or distributor appears to be authorized to sell. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SJR0610. Names and designates "National Agriculture Day," March 20, 2006, and "National Agriculture Week," March 19-26, 2005. DATE: 03/09/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3654. Specifies that artificial insemination of livestock animals is not a veterinary practice for which licensure is required. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3617. Classifies laboratory records maintained in animal disease diagnostic laboratory operated by department of agriculture, including identification and location of owners submitting animal samples, as confidential state records not open to inspection by public. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/3/0. MY VOTE: Nay. SB3184 (substitute and conform to HB3085). Deletes authority of the department of agriculture to subrogate right of claimant seeking compensation from Tennessee grain indemnity fund. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3864 (substitute and conform to HB3982). Specifies that records provided to or collected by the department of agriculture pursuant to the implementation and operation of premise identification or animal tracking programs and contingency plans concerning the department's response to agriculture-related homeland security events are confidential and not open to public inspection, as provided by federal law. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3565. Authorizes any officer of an animal shelter who takes custody of an animal used in illegal fighting to file a petition with the criminal court where charges are filed to secure payment for all costs associated with care of the animal. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
| BANKING, FINANCE, REAL ESTATE, AND COMMERCE LEGISLATION: | |
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SB3886. Specifies that otherwise confidential information obtained by the commissioner of financial institutions or any bank examiner in making an examination into the affairs of the bank may be disclosed to certain state and federal officials for purposes of enforcing and complying with the federal Bank Secrecy Act. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB2725. Requires that stock dividends and other business distributions be claimed within three years, instead of five years, of date described for payment in order that the property not be presumed abandoned. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3114. Expands definition of certain unfunded pension obligations to include pension benefits arising from a defined benefit plan and funded solely by contributions of a local government. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2878. Removes regional planning commission's authority to combine substandard lots, due to conveyance, into standard lots without the need for survey. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2880. Removes regional council's authority to appoint additional members to council and executive committee for compliance with state and federal programs administered or operated by the council; adds one minotity member from each council county to the council and adds four minority members to executive committee. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3573. Authorizes the county register to establish an alternative program for the operation of public school systems. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2628 (substitute and conform to HB2905). Increases the maximum late fee that may be charged by an industrial loan and thrift company from $10.00 to $15.00. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 23/5/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2491. Exempts from mortgage and transfer taxes certain transfer taxes certain transactions involving the transfer of residential real estate to individuals and holding of mortgages at a reduced cost for individuals by certain charitable organizations. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: This bill is especially beneficial for residences built by Habitat for Humanity. SB2897. Clarifies the duties of a real estate licensee who acts as facilitator or agent in a real estate transaction. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3208. Modifies procedures for direct appeals to the state board of equalization of valuations of commercial and industrial real and personal property; eliminates provision making direct appeal procedures inapplicable in certain counties by population. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3530. Enacts the "Other Post Employment Investment Trust Act of 2006.". DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3578 (substitute and conform to HB3454). Authorizes real estate commission to dismiss groundless complaints; imposes statute of limitation on the filing of complaints. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2649. Allows a member, volunteer or direct employee of a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Service Code to send an unsolicited fax to the organization's current membership. Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 4. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB2575. The Anti-Phishing Act of 2006-- penalizes persons who, without authorization or permission of subject of identifying information, obtain, record, access, or distribute identifying information of another person through use of Internet, email, or wireless communication. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2850. Clarifies that certain contractors can continue to construct houses in their county of residence. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2955. Establishes "Master Assessor" level certification for assessors of property and deputy assessors. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3179. Creates multiple changes in the T.C.A., better defines licensing procedures and requirements for limited license plumbers. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3218. Makes offering a check containing an obligation to advertise with a person upon the endorsement of the check a violation of the Consumer Protection Act. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1991. Authorizes producers of motor vehicles to lease vehicles without motor vehicle sales license to employees for at least a 24-month-- rather than a 12-month-- lease; requires motor vehicles leased to employees by motor vehicle producers to be purchased from Tennessee dealers. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2627. Makes numerous changes and additions to present law concerning the handling of fireworks and pyrotechnics. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/1/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3324. Revises various portions of the Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act and enacts new provisions for nonprofit limited liability companies. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3637. Prohibits sale or importation of secondhand mattresses and related bed clothes into Tennessee. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3676. Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the amount of bond required of home improvement contractors; prohibits contractors from accepting any consideration for referring a borrower to a lender. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3582. Clarifies that motor vehicle salesperson may become a salesperson at a new place of employment upon submission of such person's license to the commission of motor vehicles for endorsement of change of location and payment of any fees due. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3282. Requires a certificate of public purpose and necessity for certain public works, industrial and business parks to be obtained only by counties with a population less than 300,000. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3100. Allows manufacturer's license to be issued to person or firm for the limited purpose of blending nonalcoholic products with alcoholic beverages on premises. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 17/8/2. MY VOTE: No. SB2877. Creates the criminal offenses of recklessly employing an illegal alien, knowingly employing an illegal alien, and knowingly encouraging or inducing an illegal alien to enter the state for the purpose of employing such illegal alien. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3841. Eliminates conflicts of interest provisions regarding referrals when healthcare services are furnished in the office or the same or centralized building of referring physician or group; permits physicians who are members of the business entity to divide fees. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3924. Requires that one member of the real estate appraiser commission be a full-time educator of "appraisal-related" education instead of "appraisal" education. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3076. Authorizes the board of electrolysis examiners to permit a person to register to practice electrology without taking the examination if the person has practiced electrology in another state which does not require licensure and the person meets other criteria. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3463. ABSTRACT: Authorizes certain incentives to stimulate job creation through the Economic and Community Development. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2804 (substitute and conform to HB2975). Requires, in regard to the requirement that an applicant complete the United States Medical Licensing Examination within seven years from the date of whichever step of the examination was successfully completed first, with provision of extension of the period for certain exceptions, as provided in the bill and amendment number 2. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/2. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3089 (substitute and conform to HB2678). Creates a statutory lien on gas, oil, or other mineral leaseholds. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2736. Revises standards for persons whose experience qualifies them for a massage therapist license without meeting current requirements. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3270. Authorizes issuance of temporary certificates for certain master social workers. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3764. Expands the duty of emergency medical services board to include certifying training centers to train paramedics. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3779. Revises provisions governing contracts for professional services; revises information required for debt obligation issuance under the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3492 (substitute and conform to HB3068). Revises the "Prompt Pay Act of 1991," relating to contracts for improvement of real property other than residential real property. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0411 (substitute and conform to HB0111). Prevents any person from contracting with the state or any state entity, or bidding for such a contract, for a period of one year from the discovery that the person knowingly receives services from illegal immigrants; requires the establishment of an appeals process. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3575 (substitute and conform to HB3069). Clarifies, expands, and increases punishment for the unauthorized practice of law. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3361 (substitute and conform to HB3536). Creates study committee to review restrictive covenants between a physician and the employing medical group. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3223. Increases monetary threshold limits for obtaining a general contractor's license. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3925 (substitute and conform to HB4031). Defines certain issues relative to a private security officer or guard applicant working, unarmed, pending issuance or denial of a registration card. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3630 (substitute and conform to HB3508). Prohibits a person from handling, delivering, displaying, warehousing, or holding any alcoholic beverages unless such person holds a wholesaler's or retailer's license, or person is employed by a licensee, or person is authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; does not apply to alcoholic beverages intended for personal or social use. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3416 (substitute and conform to HB3669). Requires a contractor to produce evidence of general liability insurance coverage of a pre-defined limit in order to obtain or renew a license. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SJR0577. Requests the state board of education to study and develop rules and regulations to authorize local education agencies to provide bus service to prevent children from walking to school past the home of a registered sex offender. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3272. Authorizes court to sentence a person who fails to pay child support to maintain indoor or outdoor areas of public buildings for a prescribed period of time; punishment would be in addition to or in lieu of any other penalties provided by law. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2828. Allows a non-custodial parent to choose a substitute person, e.g., a grandparent, to exercise a non-custodial parent's visitation rights in the event that the non-custodial parent is unable to do so. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/2/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3240. Requires that child care providers receive advance notice before child care subsidy payments may be terminated for an eligible child. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3692. Limits universal testing or screening of juveniles under federal mental health programs. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3086. Reduces the age minimum for a person to petitiion without a guardian to obtain an order of protection from 18 years old to 16 years old. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2583. Adds unlawful sexual activity against a child under 13 to list of offenses that increase murder to first degree murder. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3171. Requires comptroller to study issues relating to the Three Star rated child care system and certain child care transportation rules. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2950. Establishes a presumption of sole custody in favor of one parent if the other parent has been convicted of a sexual assault against a child less than 18 years old. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3990. Authorizes any judge of a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction to establish a drug court in the same manner as provided by law for judges of courts exercisingg criminal jurisdiction. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1038. ABSTRACT: Reduces the minimum age for a person to petition without a guardian to obtain an order of protection from 18 years old to 16 years old. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3143. Authorizes juvenile courts to incorporate permanent parenting plans in final decrees or orders. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2603 (substitute and conform to HB2595). Creates Class B misdemeanor for the person responsible for knowingly leaving a child younger than nine years of age in a motor vehicle without supervision by a person of at least 14 years of age, if conditions present present a risk to the child's health or safety, or the engine of the motor vehicle is running, or the keys to the motor vehicle are located anywhere inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2644. Enacts the Child Protection Act of 2006, revising various present law provisions relating to children, adoption, and sexual offenders. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2845. Establishes model teenage pregnancy program. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3901. Removes the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses against a child after this bill's effective date; applies to offenses of aggravated rape, rape, aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery, rape of a child, sexual battery by an authority figure, and incest. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2238 (conform and substitute to HB2255). Creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of impersonating a minor's parent or guardian for the purpose of circumventing the parental consent requirement for a minor to have an abortion. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2582. Creates Class B felony offense of statutory rape by authority figure, defined as sexual penetration where victim is between the ages of 13 to 18 years of age and the defendant is at least four years older than the victim, occupied some position of authority or trust over the victim, and used the position of authority to commit the offense; requires the person to serve 100 percent of sentence and makes the person ineligible for parole or diversion. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3406. Specifies, in regard to the provision whereby the supreme court establishes by rule the compensation of child support referees, that the compensation must be within the appropriate salary range established and funded by the general assembly. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3069. Requires department of human services to promulgate rules mandating that child care agencies have carbon monoxide and natural gas detectors on the premises. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3219 (substitute and conform to HB2798). Raises age limit for which the knowing abuse or neglect of a child is a Class A misdemeanor from 13 to 18 years of age. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SJR0127. Amends the constitution by adding to Article I: "Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion." DATE: 03/09/06. SENATE VOTE: 24/9/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: This amendment addresses an egregious Tennessee Supreme Court decision (September, 2000) in Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee vs Sundquist, in which the court ruled that there is a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution. This ruling stripped away virtually all of Tennessee's commonsense abortion oversight laws-- laws present in virtually all other states and permitted by the U.S. Supreme Counrt, as being both constitutional and permissible under its 1973 decisions in Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton. This amendment would permit the General Assembly-- not the Tennessee Supreme Court-- to decide whether abortion clinics should employ safeguards for abortion-seeking women in abortion clinics. Before amending the constitution, SJR0127 must be adopted by the House of Representatives by simple majority in the 1o4th General Assembly (2006); then, the resolution must lie over an election cycle (November of 2006); then, a resolution of the same wording must be adopted by a two-thirds majority in the 105th General Assembly (2007 or 2008); and, then, voters must ratify the amendment by a simple majority in the next gubernatorial election (November of 2010). GO TO this Web page in another of my Websites for a more complete explanation.
SJR0014. Amends the constitution by adding to Article XI, Section 5, that charitable lotteries may include certain veterans' organizations exempt from federal taxation and described in 26 USC 501(c)(19), provided that any proceeds shall be used exclusively in support of youth programs in Tennessee. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SJR0001. Amends the constitution by adding to Article II, Section 28, to give the general assembly by general law the authority to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt a resolution or ordinance to create a program of taz relief for certain senior citizen homowners. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB3082. Requires that contracts for the sale of residential real estate disclose the results of any percolation test performed on the property. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3054. Applying only to Shelby County, requires dealers of pre-owned motor vehicles to provide purchasers with a copy of express warranty that guarantees several things (see bill). DATE: 04/02/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2336. Sets 10-day time limit to respond to division of consumer affairs request for statement regarding alleged violation of Consumer Protection Act; clarifies and broadens types of activity that constitute violations of this Act. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4001. Clarifies definition of instruments presently acceptable for payment and defines additional acceptable payment instrument under Residential Closing Funds Distribution Act of 2005. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3465 (substitute and conform to HB3512). Defines the term "account purchase transaction" to mean an agreement under which a commercial entity sells accounts, instruments, documents, or chattel paper to another commercial entity subject to a discount, regardless of whether the person has a repurchase obligation related to the transaction. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3667. Makes advertising or marketing a residence as having more bedrooms than permitted by building codes an unfair or deceptive act under the Consumer Protection Act. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2702. Prohibits sale of gift certificates that decrease in value or expire on a date less than two years after sale. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 22/7/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2570. Prohibits freezing of debit cards for more than the actual transaction amount for more than 24 hours from the completion of transaction. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3800. Requires certain notices be sent to debtors and co-debtors on any sale of land to foreclose a deed of trust, mortgage, or other lien securing property; establishes new maximum effective interest rates for home loans; and places limitations on the execution of documents for home loans. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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NOTE: LEA is an abbreviation for "local education authority," which is a school district. Blount County has three LEAs: Blount County, City of Maryville, and City of Alcoa. Sevier County has one LEA: Sevier County.
SB3246. Permits state employees with children enrolled in schools to take off from work up to one day a month to participate voluntarily in their children's schools. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3143. Requires LEAs to report upon the long-term effect of school sports on the health of students. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2598. Requires interscholastic student athletes to sign a pledge not to use steroids or other performance enhancing substances and to be given instruction on the harmful effects of using such substances; provides that refusal to sign a pledge not to use such substances or a violation of this act results in the athlete being ineligible for sports participation for one year. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2898. Allows commissioner of education to grant a waiver from statutory maximum class sizes in the event of a natural disaster resulting in the displacement of displaced students. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3379. Excuses children from school on days of deployment and return from deployment for military service of a parent or guardian. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3850. Requires one-year expulsion of a student making a bomb threat against a school. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2589. Permits class size to be exceeded for JROTC; revises present law authorizing substitute credfit earned in JROTC for lifetime wellness instead of physical education. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2726. Adds Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and Army Combat Badge to list of military campaign medals that are acceptable proof of serviceperson's participation in qualifying period of conflict for purposes of establishing eligibility for tuition and fee waiver at state institutions of higher education for dependents and spouses of prisoners of war and servicepersons killed during periods of armed conflict. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3329. Decreases the service fee public institutions may charge to disabled or elderly persons enrolled in auditing courses. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3486. Requires the state board of education to create an architecture curriculum for public high schools. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2590. Deletes the due process contested case hearing required before a a higher education foundation board votes to remove a member and replaces the hearing with an opportunity to address the board. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2685. Requires the department of safety to submit monthly reports to the department of education regarding DUI-related deaths of persons 18 years or younger, to inform high school students of any DUI-related death of a person aged 18 years or younger. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2781. Requires tenured teacher who resigns and subsequently returns to the school system to serve a one-year probationary period before tenure can be regained, unless such probationary period is waived by the local board of education upon request of the director of schools DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2723. Requires state board of education curriculum for alternative schools to stress student success and removes language concerning alternative schools that is penal in nature; establishes an advisory council on alternative education. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3610. Increases LEA's discretion, when leasing or selling surplus property; authorizes LEAs to lease or sell to private parties. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3917. Revises the age of children to whom the compulsory school attendance requirements for blind children apply from "between seven and 16 years of age" to "between six and 17 years of age.". DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3918. Prohibits LEAs from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3922. Specifies that when the education of a child becomes the state's direct responsibility for any reason, the commissioner of education must pay to the state agency responsible for the child an amount equal to the sum of state and local funds, which would otherwise be expended on the child if the child had not been placed in state care. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3752. Directs board of education to establish an alternative program for the operation of school systems. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3112. Requires students attending state-supported postsecondary institutions to take a course on hate crimes, sexual harassment, sexual battery, and date rape. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2656. Allows LEAs to use local government procurement procedures as an alternative to those prescribed by statute. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2904. Permits the board of directors of the tuition guaranty fund to set fees by rule, instead of fees being set by statute, and makes various other changes to the "Postsecondary Education Authorization Act of 1974." DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3216 (substitute and conform to HB2863). Prohibits discrimination based on age against teachers in employment decisions; removes provisions for teacher's tenure to end following teacher's 65th birthday. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3659. Allows LEA to contract for commercial advertising on rear quarter panels of school buses; requires LEA to adopt policy concerning content of such advertising. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3124. Establishes bidding procedures for municipal school systems for construction of school buildings or additions to existing buildings costing more than $10,000. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3196. Revises provisions governing TSAC awards; requires that payments of awards for students attending nonpublic schools be made directly to the school. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3038. Requires reading instruction as mandatory element of teacher education curriculum and requires certification of teacher competence in reading instruction. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3113. Creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examination funded by net state lottery proceeds. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3399. Requires public higher education institutions to place warnings concerning misrepresentation of academic credentials in catalogs, on Websites, and in employment contracts for positions requiring academic credentialing. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3768. Increases the amount of purchase where local board of education is required to solicit competitive bids through newspaper advertisements from $5,000 or more to $10,000 or more. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3193 (substitute and conform to HB3852). Removes provision requiring 10 days' notice of the state textbook commission to the general assembly, Tennessee school boards association, the school superintendents association, and the Tennessee education association. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3085 (substitute and conform to HB2935). Allows proceeds from disposal of surplus textbooks to be used for literacy programs. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2587. Permits students receiving Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grants to attend eligible private, as well as public, postsecondary institutions. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3124. Establishes bidding procedures for municipal school systems for construction of school buildings or additions to existing buildings costing more than $10,000. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0447. Deletes existing graduate nursing loan scholarship program and establishes a new program. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2981. Permits a holder of a Wilder-Naifeh grant to receive a HOPE scholarship under certain circumstances. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2682 (substitute and conform to HB2812). Redistributes unclaimed lottery prize money from 50 percent future prize pool and 50 percent after school programs special accounts to 100 percent after school programs special account. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2683. Increases the monetary value of HOPE scholarship awards. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3919 (substitute and conform to HB4040). Replaces ther terms "vocational education" and "vocational-technical education" with the term "career and technical education." DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2833. Requires the departments of education and health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for the prevention and management of life-threatening food allergies. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3991 (substitute and conform to HB3750). Requires LEAs to incorporate physical activities into the instructional school day for elementary and secondary school students. DATE: 05/15/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/1/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3040. Establishes pilot program to provide certified athletic trainers in public high schools. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2724. Creates Tennessee HOPE teacher's scholarships as part of the system of lottery-funded scholarships. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB3736. ABSTRACT: Requires 30 days' advance notice to the governor and the comptroller of the treasury before a utility district may exercise eminent domain; clarifies existing law concerning constitutions and courts involving eminent domain. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
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SB3048. Requires samples drawn to test the water quality of water entering the state from Haywood County, North Carolina to be drawn within one-fourth mile of the state border, from the center of the water body, and with at least two generators in operation. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3049. Requires the University of Tennessee to conduct a study program on black fly suppression in Greenbrier Valley and certain areas near Pigeon River. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 22/6/3. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0498. Directs the department of the environment and conservation to perform continuously a thorough examination of actions necessary to preserve and protect all watersheds, and to apply to the control of all sources of pollution, using information and studies from local, state, and federal governments and other sources of reliable scientific data. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 25/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3357. Requires the department of tourist development to conduct a feasibility study of design, manufacture, and sale of commemorative license plates for the front of motor vehicles to generate revenue for promotion of tourism. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3805. Makes membership on the advisory committee of the Four Lake Regional Industrial Development Authority optional for counties; replaces mayor of Hartsville with Trousdale County chairman pro-tem. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3875. Adds Rugby and Stillhouse Hollow Falls to scenic-recreational areas; adds Campbell Bends Barrens, Crowder Cemetery Barrens, Pogue Creek, and Walls of Jericho to natural-scientific areas; revises acreage of Sequatchie Cave and Manus Road Cedar Glade natural-scientific areas. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3155. Requires dwellings that use advanced treatment systems as sewage disposal to meet all applicable zoning and restrictive covenant requirements. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3876. Authorizes department of environment and conservation to award more than one recreation initiative per grand division in any year there are no applicants from another grand division; authorizes use of grants to hire additional personnel; increases community match to $50,000 during first two years in grant program. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3445. Removes prohibition on hunting deer, bear, wild elk, or wild boar with a shotgun loaded with more than one solid ball, a rifle using rim-fire cartridges, or a rifle loaded with center-fire ammunition of less than .24 caliber. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3873. Authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation to issue stop work order for coal surface mining operations in certain circumstances. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3156. Requires P.O.W./M.I.A. flag to be displayed at welcome centers below Tennessee and U.S. flags. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3874. Specifies that moneys in the local parks land acquisition fund may be used only for grants to local governments to purchase land for parks, natural areas, greenways, and recreation facilities, and for trail development and capital projects in such areas; limits the amount that may be used for administrative expenses to 3.5 per cent. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3613. Requires the department of agriculture to maintain registry of pesticide-sensitive persons, beekeepers, and certified organic farms. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3835. Requires TACIR to compile a study of solid waste in Tennessee and report to the general assembly by February 28, 2007. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1207. Gives commissioner of the department of environment and conservation one year instead of two years to complete comprehensive plan of development and protection for area acquired for preservation. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2939. Creates a study committee of three senators and three representatives to determine appropriate deinition of "water" in narrow, usually dry ditches, for purposes of the Water Quality Control Act. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3358. Authorizes the creation of waste water management agencies by local governments in Blount, Greene, and Sevier counties. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3429. Defines provision under which licensed professionals with proofs of errors and omissions insurance are exempt from bonding requirements for subsurface sewage disposal systems with exemption for all state licensed professional engineers or registered engineer interns. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0413 (substitute and conform to HB0139). Requires-- and sets forth the conditions of compliance-- the owner or operator of a landfill to use native grasses to cover a landfill when it has ceased operation. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SR7001. Requests any member of the Senate who is currently under indictment by a state or federal court, without favorable disposition, to refrain from participating in or from voting on any matter brought before the first extraordinary session of the 104th General Assembly. DATE: 01/12/06. SENATE VOTE: 15/16/1 (resolution fails). MY VOTE: Aye.
SB7001. A conference committee (reconciled) version enacts the Comprehensive Governmental Ethics Reform Act of 2006. This 114-page bill better defines the reltionship between lobbyists and lobbying activities, creates an Ethics Commission, and begins campaign reform. DATE: 02/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/6/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: After months of study by several committees, nearly four weeks of deliberation in the General Assembly, consideration of approximately 136 Senate amendments and 105 House amendments, and a conference committee of twelve senators and twelve representatives, this bill must be considered just a beginning of a journey (although a pretty good beginning) toward our destination of true political reform in this state, and not the final journey. The General Assembly undoubtedly will re-visit this issue in months and years to come. SR7003. Voids the recent Senatorial District 29 (Shelby County) election. DATE: 01/18/06. VOTE (Senate Committee of the Whole): 17/14/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: Senator John Ford resigned in May 2005, after his Operation Tennessee Waltz arrest. In a September 2005 special election, his sister, Ophelia Ford, was declared victorious. The margin of victory was said to be 13 votes. This election has been contested because of alleged voting irregularities. The resolution would declare the election void, which would permit the Shelby County Commission to appoint a state senator now and hold another election for senator in November of 2006. SB7003. ABSTRACT: Increases the penalty for bribery of a public servant from a Class C felony to a Class B felony and would clarify the offense of bribery of a public servant. DATE: 01/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB7004 (substitute and conform: HB7006). Serves as an appropriations bill to provide a sum sufficient to fund the ethics legislation passed in SB7001/HB7001. DATE: 02/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0/ MY VOTE: Aye. SB2755. Prohibits members of the governor's cabinet, as well as cabinet-level staff within the governor's office, from accepting honorarium for any appearance, speech, or article. DATE: 03/02/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/1/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2866. Requires county election commissions to purge voter registration records of deceased voters at least every 30 calendar days and, during early voting, daily through the day of election; requires office of vital records to report deaths to coordinator of elections on a monthly or more frequent basis. DATE: 03/02/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2872. Prohibits lobbyist from making campaign contributions except to those candidates for state senator or state representative in the district in which the lobbyist is a qualified voter. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2658. Clarifies law to require that certain students with diabetes may possess sharps on their person. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3489. "The Health Savings Account Act" authorizes contributions to be made into health savings accounts for Tennessee residents, beginning after the 2007 tax year. Any principle contributed to and interest earned on a health savings account would be exempt from the Hall income tax. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3281. Requires health care provider to inform an expectant mother that she may donate umbilical cord blood from her newborn. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2705. Authorizes the governor by executive order for 30 days to extend certain liability protection to certain health professionals in a declared emergency, with extension for an additional 30 days if necessary. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3716. Authorizes boards of allied health care professions to enter into certain agreements with nonprofit entities for the purpose of guiding the development of allied health professionals. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2645 (substitute and conform: HB2642). Requires that any member of the board of medical examiners who is absent without cause from the board business portion of three meetings within any 12-month period be removed from office by the governor; provides a new member to be appointed by the governor to serve out the remainer of the replaced member's term. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0/ MY VOTE: Aye. SB3549. Includes outbreak of disease within definition of emergency; specifically includes influenza among diseases for which the commissioner of the department of health may take quarantine-related actions; requires the commissioner to make recommendations during emergencies. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2639. Modifies several provisions governing licensure of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3067. Modifies the law to treat TennCare equitably with respect to other creditors in pursuing a claim against a decedent's estate; requires additional notices of the death of a TennCare recipient to be provided to the bureau of TennCare. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3070 (conform and substitute to HB30650). Revises requirements of the Tennessee Affordable Drug Act of 2005 concerning the indication of medical necessity on electronic prescriptions and concerning the method for patients to obtain brand name drugs. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3360. Establishes the board of athletic trainers and authorizes board to license and regulate athletic trainers. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3362. Requires the department of health to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Tennessee Primary Care Association, the Tennessee Hospital Association, and the Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment and Retention Center to work cooperatively with respect to the annual Health Professional Shortage Area designation process. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3881. Revises provisions of the department of mental health and developmental disabilities regarding reimbursing licensed supportive living facilities for the mentally ill. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2766 (substitute and conform to HB2844). Establishes task force in department of finance and administration to conduct statewide assessment of study needs of persons with a developmental disability other than mental retardation for whom comprehensive home and community based services do not exist and to develop plan to provide cost-effective home and community-based services for such persons. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2694. Decreases the size of council of certified professionals midwifery from nine to six members; rewrites certain procedural rules for council's meetings and appeals of disciplinary action; revises initial issuance and renewal periods for midwife certificates. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3797. Requires the commissioner of finance and administration to develop and enforce a uniform standard for the denial of or payment of TennCare claims for specialized equipment for the developmentally diabled. DATE: 04/17/06/ SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2936. Requires claims data submitted by ambulatory surgical centers to the department of health to be released to the public in the same manner as hospital claims data is released; removes the ability of the Tennessee Hospital Association to receive claims data other than when and in the same manner that such data is available to the public generally. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3659. Eliminates conflict of interest provisions regarding referrals when healthcare services are furnished in the office or the same or centralized building of referring physician or group; permits physicians who are members of business entity to divide fees. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2579. Directs the state's chief medical examiner to promulgate rules by January 1, 2007, establishing a protocol for use in child death cases so that organ donation does not frustrate an investigation of a child's death. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2958. Increases the number of ICF/MR beds by 200 over four years; requires ICF/MR beds to be filled either from a waiting list or a state developmental center. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3738. Permits the use of substitute drug products that have been approved by the federal food and drug administration and meet the administration's therapeutic equivalent rating. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0255 (substitute and conform to HB1554). Authorizes a permissive study by the comptroller to conduct an actuarial study of the TennCare program and its participating managed care organizations, and sets forth the conditions of study and reporting. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3660. Creates pilot study programs to permit certain donated prescription medications to be dispensed to patients at charitable clinics. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3489. Establishes the "Health Savings Account Act." DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3424. Multi-part bill revises various provisions governing TennCare. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2978. Requires reporting of certain healthcare facility-acquired infections as a part of a Center for Disease Prevention and Control network; requires the department of health to continue to make recommendations concerning improvement of patient safety through a task force and a committee. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3883 (substitute and conform to HB4000). Specifies that the present law provisions governing forensic services for persons with mental retardation are to be administered by the commissioner of finance and administration or the commissioner's designee. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3905 (substitute and conform to HB4019). Requires the office of TennCare inspector general to engage in data mining of data relating to delivery of medical assistance, medical assistance payments, and other goods and services paid for by TennCare, for the purpose of detecting fraud or abuse by recipients, providers, vendors, managed care organizations, or other persons or entities. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2050 (substitute and conform to HB2039). Requires the bureau of TennCare to adopt a state disease management program to reduce expenditures for enrollees with chronic illnesses. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3423. Requires the TennCare bureau to procure an annual study that would assess the cost of dispensing a prescription to a TennCare enrollee in a retail or community pharmacy setting. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 24/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB3145. Revises accounting procedures for certain insurance company transactions with a federal home loan bank that may constitute admissible assets of certain insurance companies. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3528. Requires commissioner of commerce and insurance to contract with a certain non-profit charitable entity to assist uninsured patients or patients with commercial health insurance or enrolled in TennCare in understanding available coverage, use of appeals and interplay of coverage types, with types of assistance or advice subject to limits of any appropiation in the General Appropriations Act. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3606. Permits any employer, including state and local governments, offering employer sponsored health insurance to employees to provide a payroll deduction for the employee portion of such premiums on the request of any participating employee. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3767. Broadens definition of charitable organization to include certain other organizations and entities for purposes of determining insurable interest. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3165. Requires reported malpractice claims data to include certain damage and defense expenses, and requires such data to include the social security number of claimants only if it is known to the reporting entity. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2700. Increases minimum insurance coverage for blasters (from $500,000 to $1-million); permits insurance carriers to subrogate claims by property owners for blasting damage to blaster. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3923 (substitute and conform to HB4047). Authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate the manner by which domestic insurance companies may file annual statements and filing fees. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2891. Establishes criteria for participants in pooling agreements to qualify and remain as self-insurers. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2982. Limits liability of architects and engineers who provide inspection services without compensation at a national, state, or local emergency scene. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3652. Replaces "assignation" with "prostitution" in definition of nuisance; expands definition of "place" to include all property where nuisance is located that is owned, managed, or under control of violator, thereby making such property subject to abatement remedies including injunctive relief. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2619. Allows judicial discretion to remove child support obligation for any child that was conceived as a result of rape or statutory rape. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2971. Creates Class C fine only misdemeanor of law enforcement officer requiring or requesting a victim of sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition of proceeding with the investigation of the offense; the offending officer may be subject to departmental disciplinary action. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/1/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3601. Creates the "Tennessee Voluntary Fund for Indigent Civil Representation" to provide an alternative voluntary funding mechanism for rendering legal services to indigents in civil matters. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2993. Requires any person who performs an abortion on someone who is less than 13 years of age at the time of the procedure to preserve a sample of fetal tissue and submit such tissue to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Any violation by the abortionist is unprofessional conduct and a criminal offense; a first conviction for noncompliance is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense is a Class E felony. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2456. Permits a county that has constructed a criminal justice building outside the limits of the countgy seat, but within the county, to conduct criminal court in such building and provides that a conviction obtained in such building is the same as if obtained in the courthouse. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2975. Increases penalties for certain election-related offenses. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2456. Permits a county to hold criminal court proceedings in a county building other than a courthouse, provided the building is in the county; provides that a defendant may be indicted, prosecuted, tried, and convicted in any criminal justice facility, as if it were a courthouse. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0031. Increases compensation to 30-dollars per day for any sequestered juror. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3189. Establishes certain qualifications for jailers hired after July 1, 2006; creates class A misdemeanor offense for appointing or paying jailer failing to meet minimum qualifications. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2813. Includes victim who is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless within coverage of offense of sexual battery by authority figure. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1062 (substitute and conform to HB0494). Provides that order of protection for domestic violence abuse be issued for specified periods of time unless respondent petitions and proves by preponderance of evidence a change in circumstances that such order is no longer necessary. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1134 (substitute and conform to HB1192). Clarifies that a person who is acquitted as the result of a bench warrant as well as a jury trial is entitled to have the records of such case expunged, updates sexual offense citations, and clarifies that a sexual offense or violent sexual offense cannot be expunged following judicial diversion as well as pre-trial diversion. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3055. Authorizes the board of probation and paroles to establish a pilot project in a county to assist ex-offenders in their re-entry into society. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3187. Deletes language in TCA Section 40-11-136 requiring a sheriff to accept certain surrenders at the sheriff's place of residence. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2894. Confers immunity of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas producer for certain injuries or damages. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3182. Adds to sentencing enhancement factors that the defendant was profiteering off of victims of a natural disaster. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3294 (substitute and conform to HB3039). ABSTRACT: Authorizes municipal courts to issue administrative inspection warrants to applying agencies over whom they have jurisdiction. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1283. Removes the requirement that private prison contractors' cost proposal to monitor provate operation of state correctional facilities at the present level and establishes the conditions of monitoring for cost effectiveness. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 25/4/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3492 (substitute and conform to HB3068). Revises the "Prompt Pay Act of 1991," relating to contracts for improvement of real property other than residential real property. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2651.Requires person arrested for burglary or certain defined violent offenses to give biological sample for purpose of DNA analysis and inclusion in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's database; requires destruction of sample, if charge against person is dismissed or person is acquitted. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2953. Increases penalties for buying alcohol for persons under the age of 21 years. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/1/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3245. Authorizes government to seize conveyance or other personal property used in commission of sexual offense against a minor. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3662. Revises pay schedule for all assistant district attorneys general hired after July 1, 1994, and for certain assistant district attorneys general hired prior to July 1, 1994, and reclassified by the executive director of the district attorneys general conference on or after June 30, 2006. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1463. Restates and clarifies procedures relating to district public defenders conference and the executive director of the conference. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3669 (substitute and conform to HB3580). Effective September 1, 2006, provides that the annual salary for general sessions judges is increased over the annual compensation and supplements and annual adjustments which each judge actually received August 31, 2006, by the lesser of $10,000 or 20 percent of such annual values. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3451. Changes various provisions of the "Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998" to correct certain issues presented in federal lawsuit challenges. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3586 (substitute and conform to HB3367). Re-defines laws related to appointment of a successor trustee. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2112. Permits certain district attorneys to establish retirement credit for previous service upon making lump sum payment equal to employee contributions and allows certain judges and attorney generals to receive credit for or transfer to Group 4. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2483. Requires department of correction to provide bullet-resistant vests to correctional officers transporting inmates outside penitentiary facilities. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3560. Raises penalty for willfully abusing, neglecting, or exploiting an adult from Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3561. Extends statute of limitations for prosecution of any felony offense to within one year of date on which identity of defendant is established by use of DNA analysis. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3609. Establishes within the administrative office of the courts an Integrated Criminal Justice Steering Committee to develop integrated criminal justice systems to assist in coordinating the work of the Tennessee criminal justice affiliated agencies. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3079. Authorizes the governor to establish a multistate task force to make comprehensive recommendations about methamphetamine abuse. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3671. Raises age limit for which knowingly inflicting injury on a child is a Class D felony from six to eight years of age; raises limit for which the knowing abuse or neglect of a child is a Class E felony from six to eight years of age; authorize district attorney to file a case of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment directly with grand jury. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3869. Creates the Class E felony offense of knowingly and with unlawful intent taking, sending, or otherwise causing to be taken a telecommunication device-- including cellular telephones, digital telephones, and modem equipment devices-- into a penal institution where prisoners are quartered or under custodial supervision. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3870. Creates a confiscated cash fund in the department of correction for monies collected from inmates at state prisons, such monies to be used for the purchase, training, and maintenance of the department's canine units. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2476. Creates a new circuit court judgeship in the 22nd judicial district to be effective September 1, 2006, with the new judge to be elected by the voters of the district at the August 2006 election, for an eight-year term. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4015 (substitute and conform to HB4073). Deletes the September 1, 2006, sunset provision for general sessions drug courts in Shelby County. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3828. Creates positions of assistant victim-witness coordinators in ten judicial districts to be designated by the executive director of the districts attorney general conference. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0813. Establishes the offense of second degree murder when a killing results from domestic assault by a family or household member and when such domestic assault is the proximate cause of death. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 25/0/2. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3844 (substitute and conform to HB3918). Expands the jurisdiction of municipal courts. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2452. Extends annual application deadline for charitable lottery events. DATE: 03/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SJR0574. Urges the U.S. Congress to propose, adopt, and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. DATE: 03/09/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2660. Creates a new Class C misdemeanor of interfering with a funeral or burial, funeral home viewing of a deceased person, funeral procession, or funeral or memorial service for a deceased person, if such offense occurs within 500 feet of the event. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SJR0542. Urges the U.S. Congress to pass the "Constitution Restoration Act of 2005." DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2557. Awards inmates with a 60-day sentence credit for earning a graduate equivalency diploma, a high school diploma, a two- or four-year college degree, a two- or four-year certification in applied sciences, or a vocational education diploma. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3102. Authorizes funeral processions to be led by a police escort using amber and blue lights. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2608. Urges department of environment and conservation to hire minors to work in state parks in non-hazardous duties; requires the commissioner of this department to report annually to the senate environment, conservation, and tourism committee and the house conservation and environment committee regarding the number of minors employed. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3547. Permits breastfeeding of an infant 12 months or younger in any location, public or private, that mother is authorized to be; prohibits local governments from criminalizing or restricting breastfeeding. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2691 (substitute and conform to HB2957). Allows the manufacture, sale, and transportation of automatic knives, provided the sale is only to law enforcement officers, military personnel, and medical technicians. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3734. Authorizes board of directors for Tennessee sports hall of fame to appoint up to five ex officio voting members instead of nonvoting members; removes one-year limit on term of office for president of each board. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3360. Establishes the board of athletic trainers and authorizes the board to license and regulate athletic trainers. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3906. Removes provisions governing the establishment of community services agencies under the Community Services Agency Act of 1996. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. HJR1181. Urges U.S. Congress to pass HR3628 to expand quality programs of early childhood homs visitation. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 11/10/3 [fails-- lack of majority]. MY VOTE: Nay. SB3620 (substitute and conform to HB3700). Provides consulting services power to housing authorities outside the housing authority's territorial jurisdiction. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3342 (substitute and conform to HB3408). Permits a person to apply for certificate of title to a vehicle without proper documentation, if the vehicle has a fair market value of $3,000 or less, provided other conditions of proof of ownership are provided. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. ---------- ACTION ON AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT-- SPECIAL ELECTION IN DISTRICT 29. ABSTRACT: Adopts ad hoc committee report, finding that the special election to replace Senator John Ford is incurably flawed and the election should be voided. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/6/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: Senator John Ford was the state senator from District 29 (Shelby County) for many years. He was arrested and charged in Operation Tennessee Waltz in May of 2005; he resigned promptly thereafter. A special election was held in the District to replace him. His sister, Ophelia Ford, was credited with having 13 more votes than her opponent, Terry Rowland. The election was challenged. An ad hoc Senate committee was appointed. A significant number of irregularities were found (such as, votes from dead people and people residing outside of the district). Two federal court hearings followed. The Senate committee found that there were so many irreularities in a close election, that it would be impossible to know with certainty which candidate won. The election was voided, as is permissible under the state's constitution. Ophelia Ford was dismissed from her Senate seat on April 19. The Shelby County legislative body has two options: (1) appoint an interim senator (which could be Ophelia Ford), or (2) do nothing. An election for state senator will be held in this district in November of 2006. |
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SB3268. Allows private organizations that contract with the department of safety to conduct motorcycle rider education courses to charge a tuition fee, but requires the department to determine the maximum tuition fees for organizations that receive a start-up grant subsidy for such course. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB2928. Prohibits the governor from comandeering firearms or suspending sale of ammunition during state of emergency; prohibits state, public officials, and local governments from imposing additional restrictions on firearms and ammunition during state of emergency or disaster. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/2/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: Would reverse powers given governor in TCA Section 58. Addresses infringement of Second Amendment rights, seen in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. (In an emergency, citizens need to be able to protect themselves from lawless mobs that may form after a disaster.) SB3201. Decreases from 0.10 to 0.08 percent blood alcohol content necessary to constitute offense of boating under the influence. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2672. Extends doctrine of self-defense to permit same use of deadly force now allowed in a person's dwelling to other dwellings and vehicles and expressly provides that person is immune from criminal prosecution or civil liability for exercise of self-defense. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: This bill is patterned after Florida's Castle Law. SB2426. Authorizes the commissioner of safety to negotiate an agreement (memorandum of understanding) with the United States department of homeland security concerning enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws by local officers; the commissioner would designate training and certification pursuant to this agreement for appropriate Tennessee highway patrol employees; a trained highway patrol officer would be authorized to enforce federal immigration and customs laws, while performing within the scope of the officer's authorized duties. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 23/0/5. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2482. Requires the department of safety to update frequently the offender information contained within the system to ensure that each registered victim is timely notified of an offender's release, discharge, or escape; however, failure to notify is not a cause for action against the state. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3718. Requires all fire service assistants to the commissioner of commerce and insurance to complete 16 hours of fire service training within one year of becoming an assistant. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3037. Places a $400 cap on the restoration or reinstatement fees imposed for certain suspensions related to traffic citations. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 21/7/0. MY VOTE: Nay. SB2973. Rewrites provisions of Chapter 904 of Public Acts of 2005 relative to the punishment for first offense DUI offenders to require that litter pickup be a condition of the offender's probation and that offender pay fee to offset sheriff's cost. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0125 (conform and substitute to HB0597). Authorizes criminal background checks on any paid or volunteer firefighters. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2796. Extends select oversight committee on corrections from adjournment of regular session of general assembly convened in 2005 to adjournment of regular session of general assembly in 2007. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3247. Creates certain punishments for the offense of producing, distributing, or possessing a material intended for human consumption that contains a hallucinogenic plant. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3860. Authorizes emergency communications board to administer the deployment of 911 service with regard to emerging technologies. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3928. Revises provisions governing the commissioner of commerce and insurance obtaining a lien against a building or premises that had to be repaired, torn down, or demolished, or from which materials were removed and dangerous conditions remedied. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0977. Requires managers of food service establishments to pass a test regarding food safety protection standards; requires division of general environmental health to adopt such standards. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3548. Authorizes Tennessee law enforcement training academy to train governmental and private employees who are not law enforcement officers but whose employment impacts public safety and security, provided such training is provided at no additional cost to the state; training for governmental law enforcement employees takes priority over training for private employees. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3433. Increases penalty for failure to yield right-of-way to emergency vehicles from Class C misdemeanor to Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of no less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3564 (substitute and conform to HB2841). Requires Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to promulgate rules prescribing a form on which crimes occurring on the campus and in the student housing of such institution to the TBI on an annual basis. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2721. Regulates driver safety schools; sets standards for instructors and operations of classes. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2917 (substitute and conform to HB2532). Creates the criminal investigation division within the highway patrol. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3123. Abolishes certificates of driving; authorizes issuance of one-year renewable driver licenses to aliens demonstrating lawful presence. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 25/4/1. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3174 (substitute and conform to HB3202). Authorizes the governing body of Davidson County to adopt an ordinance to inspect residential rental dwelling units for compliance with applicable local housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, health, or related codes. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3212. Requires all persons convicted of DUI to undergo drug and alcohol assessment. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3927. Revises and defines the appointment of deputy inspectors in the fire prevention division. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2615. Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of the office of county law director for Anderson County. DATE: 02/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB2450. Codifies the acts of the 2005 session. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2450. Names the "Staff Sergeant Barton SIlver National Guard Armory" in Jacksboro, Campbell County. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2450. Authorizes cities with city manager-commission form of government and populations greater than 20,000 to increase number of commission members from five to seven, subject to two-thirds approval of commission. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2566. Authorizes the Marshall County legislative body to provide compensation for members of the board of public utilities. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2593. Allows the Duck River Development Agency to invest funds, other than investments of refunding bond proceeds, to the same extent as utility districts may invest idle funds. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2617. Waives the recording fee for county government documents in certain counties subject to local approval. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2641. Allows county clerk of Greene County to retain powers and duties relative to the probate of wills and administration of estates and provides that such county clerk remain the clerk for the court with probate jurisdiction. DATE: 02/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2562. Subject to local approval, increases salary of Anderson County juvenile court judge to equal that of Anderson County general session judges. DATE: 03/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2629. Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of "county mayor" to "county executive" of White County. DATE: 03/02/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2629. Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of "county mayor" to "county executive" of Lincoln County. DATE: 03/02/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2443. Authorizes highway sign, "Lawrence N. Koontz Parkway," on segment of State Route 374 (101st North Parkway) in Montgomery County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2458. Authorizes highway sign, "James Robert Haston Memorial Bridge," on Millstone Branch on State Route 285 in Van Buren County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2460. Authorizes highway sign, "Laurel Cove Bridge," on State Route 30 in Van Buren County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2461. Authorizes highway sign, "Sgt. Robert Wesley Tucker Memorial Bridge," on State Route 292 in Clay County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2462. Authorizes issuance of Memphis Zoo new specialty earmarked license plates. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2474. Authorizes highway sign, "John Redmond Bridge," on U.S. Highway 41A over Cheatham Creek in the City of Eagleville. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2475. Authorizes issuance of Daughters of the American Revolution new specialty earmarked license plates. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2479. Authorizes highway sign, "Lane-Smith Bridge," on Manson Pike spanning I-24 in Rutherford County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2484. Authorizes highway sign, "Deputy Dennis Ray Armes Memorial Highway," on segment of State Route 58 in Roane County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2485. Authorizes highway sign, "R.L. (Bob) Collier Parkway," on segment of State Route 58 in Roane County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2486. Authorizes highway sign, "Deputy Alan Wayne Shubert Memorial Highway," on segment of State Route 58 in Roane County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2621. Authorizes highway sign, "278th RCT Memorial Highway," on the entirety of State Route 72. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2640. Authorizes highway sign, "Sheriff Bennie E. Howell Memorial Bridge," on State Route 125 in Hardeman County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2654. Authorizes highway sign, "Larry Carrier Memorial Parkway -- Founder of Bristol International Speedway," on segment of U.S. 11E in the City of Bristol. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2799. Authorizes highway sign, "Alan Ragsdale Memorial Highway," on segment of U.S. Highway 412 in the City of Hohenwald. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2830. Authorizes highway sign, "Ethridge Lineberry Memorial Bridge," on State Route 128 in Wayne County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2831. Authorizes highway sign, "C.W. Lineberry Memorial Highway," on segment of State Route 128 in Wayne County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2940. Authorizes highway sign, "Robert Taylor Scott Memorial Bridge," on State Route 34, U.S. Highway 421, over Beaver Dam Creek in Johnson County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2941. Authorizes highway sign, "Larry Carrier Memorial Interchange -- Founder of Bristol International Speedway," at State Route 394 and U.S. Highway 11E intersection in Sullivan County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2952. Authorizes highway sign, "Bethel Brown Highway," on segment of State Route 174 (Long Hollow Pike) in Sumner County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3144. Authorizes highway sign, "Dr. Hubert J. Bell, Jr. Bridge," on Merchants/Greene Boulevard (State Route 66) in Hamblen County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3159. Authorizes highway sign, "First Lieutenant I.J. Wright Memorial Parkway," on U.S. Highway 411 in the City of Benton. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3225. Authorizes issuance of Sons of the American Revolution new specialty earmarked license plates; earmarks 50 per cent of mfunds produced by the sale of the license platges to The Tennessee Society, Sons of the American Revolution. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2831. Reclassifies Masons' cultural plate as a new specialty earmarked license plate; increases the fee for such plates from $25.00 to $35.00; reallocates 50 per cent of dunds derived from the sale thereof to the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home of Tennessee Fund. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3364. Authorizes highway sign, "Gordon Turner Memorial Highway," on segment of State Route 201 in Henderson County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2831. Authorizes highway sign, "C.W. Lineberry Memorial Highway," on segment of State Route 128 in Wayne County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3434. Authorizes highway sign, "William James (Bill) Memorial Bridge," on U.S. 64 Bypass over Richland Creek in Giles County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3454. Authorizes highway sign, "Sergeant Gary Lee Reese, Jr. Bridge," over Sycamore Creek on State Route 49 in Cheatham County. DATE: 03/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2472. Prohibits state and local officials from seeking elected or local office after conviction of a state or federal felony related to public service. DATE: 03/09/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2616. Authorizes Anderson County, upon approval by two-thirds vote of the legislative body, to conduct sale of county-owned surplus property on an Internet auction Wesite approved by the county's purchasing commission. DATE: March 13, 2006. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2585. Provides for an automatic, supervised recount of all votes cast in any elections where the vote margin separating the top two candidates is within 1/2 of 1 per cent of the total votes cast in that election. In such an election, an automatic and complete recount of all ballots cast would be conducted under the supervision and pursuant to the rules of the state election commission. The recount would be observed by the candidates. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 21/8/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3997. Subject to local approval, confers jurisdiction concurrent with circuit court order over domestic relations, workers' compensation, and mental health commitment cases and sets salary, effective September 1, 2006, of judge at $95,000. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3483. Adds Maury Countgy to list of counties that can place liens on owner-occupied property for removal of debris or overgrown vegetation. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3506. Allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied property in Maury County. DATE: 03/16/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2495. Provides for erection and maintenance of directional signs for Military Memorial Museum of Cumberland County on I-40 at Exit 317. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3441. Limits honorary designations on State Route 840 to memorials to members of Tennessee National Guard while on actove duty. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3722. Authorizes highway sign, "Danny S. Young Memorial Bridge," on State Route 386 in Sumner County. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3735. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Staff Sergeant Nathan J. Bailey of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3722. Authorizes highway sign, "Wrenza Jordan Memorial Highway," on a segment of State Route 255 (Donelson Pike) in Davidson County. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3765. ABSTRACT: Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant Robert Wesley Tucker of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3766. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant Shannon D. Taylor of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3791. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant Joseph D. Hunt of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3793. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant First Class Stephen C. Kennedy of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3793. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Staff Sergeant Mark O. Edwards of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3722. Authorizes highway sign, "Wrenza Jordan Memorial Highway," on a segment of State Route 255 (Donelson Pike) in Davidson County. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3799. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant Paul W. Thomasson III of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3806. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Staff Sergeant Victoir Patric Lieurance of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3807. Authorizes highway sign, "Deputy Roger Norvell Memorial Highway," on a segment of State Route 104 in Gibson County. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3809. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Staff Sergeant David L. Loyd of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3814. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant ALfred Barton Siler of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3825. Authorizes highway sign, "Sgt. Robert D. Rowe Memorial Bridge," on State Route 840 in Williamson County. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3829. Authorizes highway sign, "Sgt. Roger D. Rowe Memorial Bridge," on State Route 840 in honor of Staff Sergeant Asbury F. Hawn II of Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3830. Expresses intent to name appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of late Sergeant Gary Lee Reese, Jr. of the Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3862. Provides for erection and maintenance of directional signs for Historic Richard Hardy Memorial School on I-14 at Exit 152 (U.S. Highway 72/Historic South Pittsburg). DATE: 03/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2820. Adopts salute written by Lucy Steele Harrison as the official salute to the flag of Tennessee. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. COMMENT: The salute follows: Three white stars on a field of blue, God keep them strong and ever true. It is with pride and love that we Salute the flag of Tennessee. SB2860. Exempts from building height restrictions property along Pellissippi Parkway within the corporate limits of the city of Alcoa, which is now or hereafter zoned for planned commercial zones or any other similar zoning category under the zoning ordinances of the city. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3685. Exempts church-owned property in premier type tourist resort city [Gatlinburg] from special assessment to pay for infrastructure improvements for which city issues improvement bonds. DATE: 03/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2729. Subject to local approval, authorizes Board of Mayor and Alderman for the City or Erin to provide compensation in lieu of health insurance premiums for employees, but not officers, who refuse health insurance. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1100. Grants sunset extension for four years for the Petroleum Underground Storage Board. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1101. Grants sunset extension for four years for the Board of Ground Water Management. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1102. Grants sunset extension for four years for the Department of Environment and Conservation. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1103. Grants sunset extension for four years for the Air Pollution Contyrol Board. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2716. Authorizes highway sign, "Coretta Scott King Memorial Highway," on a segment of Interstate Highway 55 in Shelby County. DATE: 03/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3297. Authorizes building codes enforcement agency in Davidson County to conduct an in-home inspection of residential rental property that has three code violations in six-month period. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3535. Requires approval of the regional planning commission, or planning commission, as appropriate, before a county register may file an amendment, modification, or correction to a recorded plat of a subdivision. DATE: 03/30/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2994. Authorizes the joint economic and community development board of a county to transfer or donate funds from participating governments or outside sources to other public or non-profit entities within the county to be used for economic or industrial development. DATE: 04/03/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3995. Subject to local approval, amends the act relating to rabies control in cats and dogs in Rutherford County. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2545. Removes Williamson County from process for direct appeal of valuation of property to state board of equalization. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3568. Authorizes the county register of deeds in Shelby County to redact social security numbers from recorded documents at the request of certain persons and where pracical for the register. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3573. Authorizes the county register to designate a person to serve as a member of the county public records commission in place of county register. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3879. Revises the dollar limit for purchases made pursuant to an informal purchasing procedure established by the director of purchases from $10,000 to $25,000 where the board of standards unanimously agrees, and from $5,000 to $10,000 where the board does not unanimously agree on the higher amount. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3891. Increases from $25,000 to $75,000 the maximum value of surplus property that may be sold to adjoining landowner or former property owner in certain circumstances. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3916. Specifies that no cost proposals may be opened until the evaluation of the non-cost sections of the proposal have been completed, unless the commissioner of finance and administration, the comptroller, and, if applicable, the commissioner of the procuring agency approve that the cost proposals in the particular procurement may be opened prior to evaluation of the non-cost sections. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3958. Names Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro in honor of Representative I. V. Hillis. DATE: 04/10/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3904. Repeals provisions holding the state and its agencies and political subdivisions harmless for any breach of contract that is caused directly or indirectly by the failure of computer software or any device containing a computer processor to accurately or properly recognize, calculate, display, sort, or otherwise process dates or times. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3994. Subject to local approval, revises the local election dates for mayor and council members from April of even-numbered years to coincide with the November general state election; extends terms of member whose terms expire in April 2010 to November 2010. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3831. Subject to local approval by Rutherford County government, revises definition of "person" to include governmental entities other than federal government. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3996. Subject to local approval, removes voting eligibility in South Pittsburg based on property ownership; modifies the powers, duties, and obligations of certain city officials in the city charter. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3998. Subject to local approval, revises the charter of the Town of Gleason to permit the city recorder to reside within the urban growth boundary of the Town instead of within the Town. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3999. Subject to local approval, increases the salary of the mayor of Huntland from $50 to $500 per month and aldermen of Huntland from $25 to $250 per month. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4000. Subject to local approval, rewrites the description of the office of mayor in the charter of Jefferson City to designate the mayor as the chief elected official instead of the ceremonial head. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4001. Subject to local approval, prohibits council members of Jefferson City who are in office 30 days prior to final qualification for candidacy for mayor to be eligible for qualification for the office of mayor. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4002. Subject to local approval, sets the term of office of mayor of Jefferson City at four years instead of two years. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4004. Subject to local approval, increases the salary ceiling for purchasing and finance commission members of Meigs County from $500 to $700 and increases the threshold for required competitive bidding from $2,500 to $5,000. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4006. Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter to reduce the number of times an ordinance for Jefferson City must be passed by the city council to become effective from three to two; deletes prohibition on amending certain ordinances on final passage. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4007. Subject to local approval, raises the tax rate for the Trenton school district from $1.87 to $2.16 per $100. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4009. Subject to local approval, changes four-year municipal election cycle in Madisonville to coincide with federal and state elections beginning in November 2006; provides for extension of terms of current mayor, recorder, and aldermen in order to effectuate change in election date. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4011. Subject to local approval, increases salary of city judge of Lewisburg from $20,000 to $28,000. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 33/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3307 (substitute and conform to HB3316). Requires residential landlords in Davidson County to register with building codes enforcement agency; provides civil penalty of $50 per week for failure to register. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3430. Specifies that county mayor and member of county legislative body are authorized to request tax information from the department of revenue to ensure proper severance taxes are paid. DATE: 04/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/1/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1764. Applying only to Shelby County, authorizes assessment of a $42 fee upon person convicted of certain crimes by a circuit, general sessions, or comparable court, to be used to fund services provided to victims. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2543. Changes the Shelby County official from the county clerk to the county trustee for the prupose of administering senior citizen tax freeze. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3230. Authorizes municipal governing body by ordinance to increase the $1,000 limit for purchases, leases, or lease-purchase arrangements to a maximum of 40 per cent of the $10,000 amount established by law for purchases requiring public advertising and competitive bidding. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3781. Revises bond bills to provide for the making of grants to counties, metropolitan governments, towns, cities, special districts, and any agencies thereof if the project is approved by the state building commission. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3418. Makes various definitional changes to TRICOR law and permits board, with approval of department of personnel, to redesignate certain positions unique to TRICOR as executive service positions and under exclusive control of board. DATE: 04/19/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2794. Clarifies that clerk and master serving as clerk of probate court is eligible for additional compensation that may be provided to clerks serving more than one court and that such additional compensation shall be considered in determining salaries of county general officers for purpose of setting salaries of sheriff and CAO of highway department. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2595. Extends special license plate provisions for active and retired members of the United States military and the United States military reserves to also apply to those persons honorably discharged. DATE: 04/20/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3884. Clarifies membership of the Tennessee military affairs commission executive committee. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1528. Includes Watts Bar Marina and Resort in definition of premier type tourist resort for purpose of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 21/4/0. MY VOTE: Nay. SB3801. Clarifies that the P.O.W.-M.I.A. flag may be flown over the capitol, beneath the United States and Tennessee flags, at certain times, including Tennessee P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Week, Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Flag Day, and Veterans' Day. DATE: 04/27/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3072. Designates certain segments of highways as the "Purple Heart Trail." DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3980. Designates the "Dr. James A Street Memorial Bridge" on State Route 126 and Steele Creek in Sullivan County. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3987. Expresses the intent to name the appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of the late Specialist James Dustin Carroll, Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2836 (substitute and conform to HB2878). Authorizes municipal government to create a design review commission which shall have authority to develop specific review and approval procedures for the exterior appearance of non-residential property, multiple family residential property, and any entrance to residential or non-residential developments. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1580. Requires Shelby County Board of Equilization to notify in writing each municipality that appoints members to the board of its prorated share of funding for the board. DATE: 05/11/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3788. Requires educational and athletic associations whose administrative employees participate in TCRS to notify the board of trustees of reemployment of retired member; requires such associations to report annually any retired members performing any functions or duties for the association. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3765. Expresses intent to name an appropriate bridge on State Route 840 in honor of the late Sergeant Robert Wesley Tucker, Tennessee National Guard. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2463. Enacts the "Advocacy for Honest and Appropriate Government Spending Act," enhancing the activities of the comptroller of the treasury's efforts to combat waste, mismanagement, and fraud in government spending. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2811. Enacts the "Tennessee State Emergency Fund Act," a voluntary account fund to provide funds for disaster relief. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3368. Prohibits smoking in state buildings. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3789. Requires public agencies entering into interlocal agreements to file the agreements and an annual statement concerning the agreement with the comptroller; subjets self insurance pools created by governmental entities to annual audit by comptroller. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2502. Grants sunset extension of department of economic and community development until June 30, 2007. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2518. Grants sunset extension of board of examiners for architects and engineers until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2524.Grants sunset extension of office of business enterprise until June 30, 2007. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2498. Grants sunset extension of emergency medical services board until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2509. Grants sunset extension of board of pharmacy until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2515. Grants sunset extension of board of funeral directors and embalmers until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2521. Grants sunset extension of board of cosmetology until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2531. Grants sunset extension of wildlife resources commission until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2535. Grants sunset extension of solid waste disposal board until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3315. Expands the present $25,000 death benefit paid to the estate of volunteer firefighters who are killed in the line of duty to include full-time firefighers, sheriffs, sheriff's deputies, and police officers. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2540. Grants sunset extension of private investigation and polygraph commission until June 30, 2010. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3647. Extends certain governmental entities subject to termination on June 30, 2006. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3907. Provides for the issuance of bonds to fund state projects. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3912. Authorizes issuance of bonds to fund state projects. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3914. Makes appropriations for fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/1/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3970. Increases the allocation of state sales tax revenue to municipalities from 4.4194 percent to 4.5925 percent; deletes various provisions for distribution to the state of certain revenues otherwise allocated to local governments; makes various revisions regardiung state and local financing. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 32/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3354. Requires public expenditures by state government or any entity of state government to be only to persons and businesses that confirm they do not discriminate based on political or religious belies, ethnicity, color, or national origin. DATE: 05/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/1/2. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2774. Authorizes the county clerk of Carter County to continue to exercise jurisdiction over probate matters. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3969 (substitute and conform to HB3685). Allows collection of a $20 analysis fee whenever drug analysis is performed by a forensic laboratory in the ninth judicial circuit (Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane counties). DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4022. Subject to local approval, creates the Bolivar Energy Authority. DATE: 05/25/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4010. Subject to local approval, extends the term of mayor and aldermen of Munford, according to schedules noted in the bill. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4038. Subject to local approval, disqualifies any member of the legislative body of Jellico who is elected or appointed to another municipal, county, state or federal office. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4051. Subject to local approval, amends the charter of Franklin relative to the imposition of franchise fees for the use of city rights-of-way asnd the installation of electrical and otehr utilities underground and the conversion of such utilities from overhead to underground; excludes telecommunications and information services. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4040. Pursuant to local request of the Bradford Special School District Board of Trustees, levies a tax of $1.85, $1.95, and $2.00 on every $100 of real and personal property located withing the Bradford Special School District (Gibson County), effective July 1, 2006, July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, respectively. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4047. Subject to local approval, revises city court of Centerville and provides that the city judge is to be appointed by the board of aldermen for a two-year term upon the expiration of the term or vacancy of the current elected city judge and, effective September 1, 2006, abolishes city court clerk and transfers duties to general sessions court clerk of Hickman County. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB4052. Subject to local approval, repeals acts relative to the City of Clarksville and Montgomery County Memorial General Hospital District; transfers assets held by the hospital to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Health Foundation, Inc.; names substitute beneficiaries under last will and testaments involving such property. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 26/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2764. Extends property tax relief to the surviving spouse of a veteran whose death results from a service-connected, combat-related cause, to remain in effect as long as the surving spouse does not remarry and uses the property for a home. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3776. Clarifies that if ownership of taxable property is conveyed or transferred to a tax-exempt organization, the new owner is not liable for the taxes on the property from the date of transfer and change of use to the end of the taxable year. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3780. Revises various dates applicable to deposits and payments in regard to the telecommunications ad valorem tax reduction fund. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2688. Permits volunteer fire departments to conduct sales of tangible personal property to consumers during temporary sale periods up to four times a year without losing tax-exampt status. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3182. Exempts from sales tax liability purchases of motor vehicles by members of the coast guard who are stationed, under orders of the coast guard, at a coast guard station or support facility located entirely within this state. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3209. Exempts from the business privilege tax those farmers providing services to other farmers for the planting or harvesting of agricultural products or for the preparation, improvement, or maintenance of land used in the production of agricultural products. DATE: 04/06/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2870. Increases the amount of annual income that cannot be exceeded by elderly low-income homeowners and disabled homeowners seeking property tax relief from $12,980 in 2005 to $13,370 in 2006. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3719. Exempts from diesel tax farm grade diesel fuel purchased by county, municipal or volunteer fire departments for use in vehicles used in fighting fires. DATE: 04/17/06. SENATE VOTE: 28/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3229. Permits exemption of solar and geothermal energy systems from ad valorem taxation; specifies that when property containing such system is appraised, the presence of the system and the system's value is not to be taken into consideration in determining the value of the property. DATE: 04/24/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2930. Extends the authorization to all counties and municipalities which presently only permits Davidson County to appropriate funds for property tax relief for elderly and disabled homeowners and disabled veterans. DATE: 05/01/06. SENATE VOTE: 31/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB0360 (substitute and conform to HB1330). Requires and defines provisions for an administrative judge or hearing examiner to receive and consider all evidence presented in a hearing and to conduct the hearing in an informal manner. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2733 (substitute and conform to HB3285). Specifies that property assessors may not tax as as tangible personal property certain computer-related items, e.g., operational computer software. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 30/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB2931 (substitute and conform to HB2963). ABSTRACT: Permits Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties to sell to public or private parties rights to receive taxes, assessments, or other charges collected in liens on real property remaining unpaid after tax due date. DATE: 05/23/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB1555. Increases the value of a disabled veteran's residence on which property tax relief is available from $140,000 to $175,000. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3839. Establishes the ability for local governments to impose adequate facilities tax, under certain conditions. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 24/3/1. MY VOTE: Aye (in accordance with a request of the Blount County Commission through a 2004 resolution). SB3930. Enacts a technical corrections bill. DATE: 05/26/06. SENATE VOTE: 27/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. |
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SB2653. Permits the windows rearward of the front doors of vehicles bearing government service license plates that are used for law enforcement purposes to be exempt from window tinting specifications. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye.
SB3226. Removes prohibition on antique motor vehicles being used for general transportation by authorizing wsuch use on Sundays only. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3243. Authorizes on motor vehicles tailights with white backup lights that pulse in panic stop conditions. DATE: 03/13/06. SENATE VOTE: 29/0/0. MY VOTE: Aye. SB3638. Corrects an inaccurate acronym r |