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Bill Number

Description

SB0457

Rh Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, authorizes provisional approval of applications for property tax exemption for property owned by religious, charitable, scientific or nonprofit educational institutions; revises certain requirements related to that exemption.

SB0461

Annexation - As introduced, requires annexing municipality to record adopted or approved annexation ordinance or resolution with register of deeds in counties where annexation adopted or approved; copy to be sent to comptroller and assessor of property for each affected county.

SB0741

Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions regarding utility districts, water systems and wastewater systems including provisions governing a required bond and annual audit.

SB0950

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the coordinator of elections to audit the county election commission in the administration of election laws; gives the coordinator certain powers in conducting an investigation or an audit.

SB0951

Election Laws - As introduced, expands where a person may go to early vote to include another polling place appropriately designated by the county election commission in addition to the county election commission office.

SB0952

Election Laws - As introduced, places limitations on the hiring of certain relatives by county election commissions and administrators of elections.

SB0953

Election Laws - As introduced, revises the definition of election official.

SB0954

Election Laws - As introduced, adds to current list of persons committing felonies or sexual offenses who are never eligible to register to vote, a violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court.

SB1191

Animal Control - As introduced, requires owners of Class I wildlife in Roane County to attach tracking devices to the animals.

SB1192

Wildlife Resources Commission - As introduced, authorizes Roane County officials to accompany wildlife resources agency personnel on inspections of facilities where Class I wildlife are kept.

SB1194

Industrial Development - As introduced, increases from 30 to 50 years the maximum period of time that an economic impact plan can provide for allocating property taxes to a county industrial development corporation.

SB1195

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, makes technical changes to remaining terms involving mental retardation and the division of intellectual disabilities services to reflect changes made by 2010 Public Chapters 734 and 1100.

SB1196

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, provides for additional notice to legislative committees, lengthens certain reporting deadlines and authorizes additional assistance to the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities concerning determining the fiscal impact of certain changes impacting certain licensees of the department of mental health.

SB1197

Courts - As introduced, allows any person who provides satisfactory proof that such person graduated from a court reporting program prior to January 1, 2010, to be licensed to practice as a court reporter.

SB1198

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits UT or TBR's farm employees to carry weapons on farms owned, used or operated by public higher education institutions.

SB1199

Real Property - As introduced, increases from three to four years the time period an owner must not have resided at transferred property to be exempt from residential property disclosure.

SB1200

Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As introduced, deletes requirement that executive director of the real estate commission have passed the broker's examination.

SB1201

Sentencing - As introduced, enhances the offense of aggravated assault where death results from Class C or D felony to Class B felony.

SB1202

Pest Control - As introduced, adds a horticulturist and a person with ornamental lawn and turf experience to the pest control board.

SB1203

Election Laws - As introduced, implements the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act only if the general assembly includes a specific recurring appropriation in the general appropriations act for the 2011-2012 fiscal year to cover all increased costs to counties directly attributable to the Voter Confidence Act.

SB1204

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules pertaining to automobile clubs and associations.

SB1205

Tourism - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Rural Development Act of 2011."

SB1206

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases exemptions from Hall Income Tax for single filers from $1,250 to $2,400 and for joint filers from $2,500 to $4,800.

SB1207

Taxes, Income - As introduced, eliminates Hall Income Tax for tax years 2012 and thereafter.

SB1208

Juries and Jurors - As introduced, allows Morgan County to use jury coordinators instead of jury commissioners for the selection and attendance of jurors.

SB1209

Highway Signs - As introduced, designates segment of U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County as "Tyler Leon Sneed Memorial Highway."

SB1210

Pest Control - As introduced, revises the manner in which a person applying pesticides may be supervised.

SB1211

Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, creates the office of solicitor general of Tennessee in the executive branch, and beginning with the November 2012 election to be elected by the qualified voters of this state, with all current duties of the attorney general and reporter, other than activities associated with reporting functions, transferred to the office of solicitor general.

SB1212

Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, creates the office of solicitor general of Tennessee in the executive branch to be appointed by joint vote of the general assembly, with all current duties of the attorney general and reporter, other than activities associated with reporting functions, transferred to the office of solicitor general.

SB1213

Juries and Jurors - As introduced, makes the jury coordinator law applicable to Rhea County, which was previously excluded from such law.

SB1214

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires that a county receive no less than $40.00 per day per state prisoner housed in such county's correctional facilities.

SB1215

Municipal Government - As introduced, extends allowing municipality to expand its urban growth boundaries to include tracts of land that are 10 acres or smaller when certain criteria are met until July 1, 2013.

SB1216

County Government - As introduced, removes restrictions on county redesignating county mayor as county executive; specifies duties for county attorney.

SB1217

Public Employees - As introduced, requires development and periodical offering of seminars to state employees on financial planning and utilization of state benefits as part of such financial plan.

SB1218

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, clarifies the period of time included in statements filed prior to primary and general elections; clarifies that an unexpended balance of contributions in a deceased candidate's campaign account may be allocated to any institution of public or private education in the state.

SB1219

Open Meetings - As introduced, clarifies that any legal authority shall be cited in the written denial of a public records request.

SB1220

Election Laws - As introduced, increases size of voting precincts from 5,000 registered voters to 6,000 registered voters; requires one voting machine for every 800 registered voters instead of 1,000 voters.

SB1221

Ethics - As introduced, allows ethics commission or commission staff to provide information on the status of a complaint to the named complainant and to the alleged violator.

SB1222

Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires counties receiving correctional incentive subsidies to submit an accounting of such expenditures to the commissioner; if the facility has not been certified pursuant to state jail standards, prohibits grant of future subsidies unless required expenditures are made; authorizes the commissioner to reimburse counties for actual improvement expenditures.

SB1223

Veterans' Affairs, Dept. of - As introduced, creates state veterans' burial assistance fund to be administered by commissioner of veterans' affairs; funds shall consist of any funds from U.S. veterans' affairs for plot allowance for burials of state veterans and dependents and any state appropriation or private donation.

SB1224

Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, decreases from two to one the number of years that an individual, shareholder, or transferee must reside in Tennessee following an application for a retail liquor store license; decreases from 10 to five the number of years that an individual, shareholder or transferee must have resided in Tennessee to receive a retail liquor store license.

SB1225

Election Laws - As introduced, calls for a run-off election in the event that there is a tie for county or civil district office.

SB1226

Uniform Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act."

SB1227

Ethics - As introduced, revises filing deadlines for employer disclosure reports from within 45 days of March 31 and September 30 to within 45 days of June 30 and December 31.

SB1228

State Government - As introduced, inserts a statutory citation in regard to a reference to the board of claims in provisions regarding insurance for the state.

SB1229

Death - As introduced, authorizes a county mayor to dispose of certain deceased persons by cremation or burial if there is no objection to the contrary.

SB1230

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes lump sum death benefit to beneficiary for noncontributory member dying prior to retirement as if such member had been a contributory member.

SB1231

Oneida - As introduced, authorizes Oneida Special School District to issue bonds.

SB1232

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, increases cash amount higher education employee in an optional retirement program may withdraw upon terminating employment from 50% to 100% of such employee's accumulated account.

SB1233

Education, Higher - As introduced, provides that veterans or current members of the United States armed forces who are not residents of Tennessee shall be classified as out-of-state students but shall not be charged out-of-state tuition rates.

SB1234

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, abolishes pretrial diversion and alters the definition of "qualified defendant" for probation purposes.

SB1235

Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a licensed wholesaler holding a basic permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act as an importer to import alcoholic beverages and wine under certain circumstances; permits a licensed wholesaler to deliver alcoholic beverages and wine by common carrier to a retailer only in certain quantities.

SB1236

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires that a defendant pay $250 upfront prior to making an agreement with the prosecution to suspend prosecution.

SB1237

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits home school students to obtain HOPE scholarships as entering freshmen if such students achieve a high school GPA of 3.0 or an ACT score of 21.

SB1238

Taxes, Income - As introduced, establishes tax credit for angel investors who invest in qualified Tennessee businesses.

SB1239

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, requires advisory committee, if appointed, to East Tennessee Regional Agribusiness Marketing Authority to consult with and advise the board on at least a bi-annual basis.

SB1240

Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, clarifies that the term "intoxicating liquors" does not apply to any beverage with alcohol content by weight of 5 percent or less.

SB1241

Prisoners and Inmates - As introduced, clarifies that inmates and their baggage are to be searched for all contraband, not just instruments of escape.

SB1242

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, redesignates the second Monday in September each year as American Indian Day instead of the fourth Monday in September each year.

SB1243

Development Districts - As introduced, requires the county building commissioner to return by mail a copy of a certificate of insurance or workers' compensation policy within 15 working days, instead of 10 working days, to the person who obtained the permit.

SB1244

State Government - As introduced, requires that electronic copies of the state owned property inventory be provided to designated officials as well as paper copies.

SB1245

Natural Disasters - As introduced, redefines "natural emergency" to specifically include forest fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

SB1246

Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, increases the number of interested persons necessary to petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule from five or more to 10 or more.

SB1247

Public Records - As introduced, requires the chief administrative officer of each entity subject to public records to inform employees and appointees about the requirements of state law concerning public records and the entities' policies for administering public records statutes.

SB1248

State Employees - As introduced, requires development and periodical offering of seminars to state employees on financial planning and utilization of state benefits as part of such financial plan.

SB1249

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, requires every railroad operating trains within the state to notify the commissioner of transportation of the telephone number of its registered agent for service of process.

SB1250

Annexation - As introduced, increases from 30 days to 40 days time period prior to effectiveness of a municipal annexation ordinance.

SB1251

County Officers - As introduced, adds to the duties of the county attorney the duty to consult with and advise other elected county officials, their deputies and their employees as to the application and enforcement of federal and state laws pertinent to carrying out their official duties.

SB1252

Lottery, Charitable - As introduced, requires annual event tickets to include either the mailing address or telephone number of the 501(c)(3) organization in addition to the name of the 501(c)(3) organization.

SB1253

Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed.

SB1254

Budget Procedures - As introduced, requires the general assembly to provide funding for unfunded mandates which place increased expenditures over certain amounts on local governments; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year.

SB1255

Election Laws - As introduced, expands state election commission to seven members permanently.

SB1256

Special License Plates - As introduced, authorizes issuance of two memorial license plates to recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.

SB1257

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes licensing of certain all terrain vehicles (ATVs); allows local governments to authorize use of such ATVs on certain public highways.

SB1258

Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, establishes regulation of pain management clinics.

SB1259

Municipal Government - As introduced, removes the authority for a municipality to build powder magazines at a safe and prudent distance from the limits of the corporation.

SB1260

Local Government, General - As introduced, increases the penalty for failure to pay a special assessment or installment levied by a local government on property located within a central business improvement district from 0.5% per month of the amount of such assessment or installment to 1%.

SB1261

Taxes, Personal Property - As introduced, for purposes of property tax classification and assessment, provides that real property does not include property determined by Tennessee courts to be personal property.

SB1501

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, requires the statewide policy council for the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to attend to identifying issues relating to delivering health care to the department's service recipients with particular attention to issues involving TennCare and health care facilities regulated by the department of health.

SB1502

Clerks, Court - As introduced, increases the amount that a clerk of any court shall charge for purposes of computer related expenses by $2.00.

SB1503

Drugs, Over the Counter - As introduced, provides that nonexempt methamphetamine precursors may only be sold after pharmacist has consulted with prospective buyer and has no reason to believe that the person will use it in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.

SB1716

County Government - As introduced, authorizes creation of design review commissions by county legislative bodies.

SB1792

Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes Tennessee licensed wineries to conduct business at no more than two additional satellite locations after obtaining a satellite permit and paying a fee to the alcoholic beverage commission.

SB1951

Public Records - As introduced, deletes language prohibiting a custodian from assessing a charge to view a public record; authorizes custodians of public records to charge persons for labor costs associated with producing the records, if it requires one hour or longer to produce the document

Bill Number

Description

SB0034

Flags - As introduced, requires state flags to be flown at half-staff by political subdivisions during day of mourning declared by the governor for Tennessee national guard members killed in action.

SB0077

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As introduced, changes the number and qualifications of students, the selection process, and term length for appointment to the board of the Tennessee student assistance corporation.

SB0079

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act."

SB0261

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases the Hall income tax exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older to $26,200 for single filers and $37,000 for persons filing jointly beginning January 1, 2012.

SB0325

Drugs, Over the Counter - As introduced, requires pharmacies and pharmacy personnel to use a national record keeping system to log certain drug sales and changes the rate at which an individual may buy methamphetamine precursors.

SB0615

Taxes, Personal Property - As introduced, removes loan companies and cemetery companies from tax on shares of stock.

SB0700

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, limits certificates of need to facilities and removes equipment and services from the certificate requirements.

SB0807

Census - As introduced, requires utilization of census 2010 geography in establishment or alteration of precincts after March 1, 2011.

SB1531

Driver Licenses - As introduced, creates exception for commercial driver license holders and violations occurring in a commercial motor vehicle to the prohibition on the department of safety suspending a driver license for failing to appear in court on a traffic citation unless the request for suspension is made within six months of the violation.

SB1670

Immigration - As introduced, codifies federal regulations to ensure that local absorptive capacity is evaluated at regular intervals in consultation between local governments and local resettlement agencies before commitments are made for refugee resettlement in any particular community.

Bill Number

Description

SJR0056

Memorials, Death - Doris Lovett

SJR0057

Memorials, Recognition - Frazier Elementary School, 2011 Blue Ribbon School nominee

SJR0058

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges department of health and department of mental health and developmental disabilities to promote a model of integrated care and to develop a plan for increased usage by Tennessee's health care providers.

SJR0059

Memorials, Death - Jennie Maxine Brown Harvey

SJR0060

Memorials, Death - Trudy Carpenter

SJR0061

Memorials, Death - Minna B. Andriulli

SJR0062

Memorials, Death - Tom J. Malone

SJR0063

Memorials, Death - Thomas Jackson Robinson

SJR0064

Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee “Polk Salad” Festival and Pageant

SJR0071

Memorials, Recognition - Paul Reagan

SJR0086

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Requests approval from Tennessee Valley Authority for construction of Campbell County Lighthouse Lodge and Convention Center.

SJR0092

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Directs TWRA to restore slot/length limit for small mouth bass on Norris Lake to five per day with a minimum length of 18 inches.

SJR0106

Memorials, Death - Abigail Hopper Brown

SJR0107

Memorials, Recognition - Roane Medical Center, surgery department ranked at 90 percent or higher for various areas of patient care by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

SJR0122

Naming and Designating - Rare Disease Day February 28, 2011

Bill Number

Description

SJR0001

Memorials, Retirement - Colonel Mike Walker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

SJR0004

Memorials, Public Service - Dave Goetz, Commissioner of Finance and Administration

SJR0012

Memorials, Death - Major General Frederick Harwood Forster

SJR0018

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to clarify the constitutional language that currently prohibits the levying of a tax on any class of income, other than income derived from stocks and bonds, and to prohibit any tax levied on or measured by employer payrolls.

SJR0050

Memorials, Public Service - Rep. Charles Curtiss, Fiscal Review Committee

SJR0051

Memorials, Recognition - Bill Anderson

SJR0054

Constitutional Amendments - Amends Article II of the Tennessee Constitution in order to limit the annual regular sessions of the general assembly to a period from February through May; abolishes the 90 day limit for which expenses may be compensated for regular session.

SJR0089

Naming and Designating - Designates March 13-20, 2011, as "Jeff Byrd Week" in Tennessee.

SJR0101

Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes Tennessee Disabilities Coalition, United Cerebral Palsy Association, ARC of Tennessee and TNCO for their efforts in establishment of the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

SJR0104

Memorials, Death - Bill Sergean

SJR0108

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Allan Benton, world's best bacon

SJR0110

Memorials, Death - James Thomas Kelsey

SJR0113

Memorials, Public Service - Donald L. Samuels

SJR0116

Memorials, Public Service - Senator Ferrell Haile

SJR0123

Memorials, Sports - Trevor Bayne, winner of the 2011 Daytona 500

SJR0124

Memorials, Recognition - 100th anniversary of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

SJR0002

Memorials, Academic Achievement - 2011 Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

Bill Number	Description
SB0457	Rh Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, authorizes provisional approval of applications for property tax exemption for property owned by religious, charitable, scientific or nonprofit educational institutions; revises certain requirements related to that exemption.
SB0461	Annexation - As introduced, requires annexing municipality to record adopted or approved annexation ordinance or resolution with register of deeds in counties where annexation adopted or approved; copy to be sent to comptroller and assessor of property for each affected county.
SB0741	Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions regarding utility districts, water systems and wastewater systems including provisions governing a required bond and annual audit.
SB0950	Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the coordinator of elections to audit the county election commission in the administration of election laws; gives the coordinator certain powers in conducting an investigation or an audit.
SB0951	Election Laws - As introduced, expands where a person may go to early vote to include another polling place appropriately designated by the county election commission in addition to the county election commission office.
SB0952	Election Laws - As introduced, places limitations on the hiring of certain relatives by county election commissions and administrators of elections.
SB0953	Election Laws - As introduced, revises the definition of election official.
SB0954	Election Laws - As introduced, adds to current list of persons committing felonies or sexual offenses who are never eligible to register to vote, a violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court.
SB1191	Animal Control - As introduced, requires owners of Class I wildlife in Roane County to attach tracking devices to the animals.
SB1192	Wildlife Resources Commission - As introduced, authorizes Roane County officials to accompany wildlife resources agency personnel on inspections of facilities where Class I wildlife are kept.
SB1194	Industrial Development - As introduced, increases from 30 to 50 years the maximum period of time that an economic impact plan can provide for allocating property taxes to a county industrial development corporation.
SB1195	Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, makes technical changes to remaining terms involving mental retardation and the division of intellectual disabilities services to reflect changes made by 2010 Public Chapters 734 and 1100.
SB1196	Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, provides for additional notice to legislative committees, lengthens certain reporting deadlines and authorizes additional assistance to the commissioner of intellectual and developmental disabilities concerning determining the fiscal impact of certain changes impacting certain licensees of the department of mental health.
SB1197	Courts - As introduced, allows any person who provides satisfactory proof that such person graduated from a court reporting program prior to January 1, 2010, to be licensed to practice as a court reporter.
SB1198	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits UT or TBR's farm employees to carry weapons on farms owned, used or operated by public higher education institutions.
SB1199	Real Property - As introduced, increases from three to four years the time period an owner must not have resided at transferred property to be exempt from residential property disclosure.
SB1200	Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As introduced, deletes requirement that executive director of the real estate commission have passed the broker's examination.
SB1201	Sentencing - As introduced, enhances the offense of aggravated assault where death results from Class C or D felony to Class B felony.
SB1202	Pest Control - As introduced, adds a horticulturist and a person with ornamental lawn and turf experience to the pest control board.
SB1203	Election Laws - As introduced, implements the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act only if the general assembly includes a specific recurring appropriation in the general appropriations act for the 2011-2012 fiscal year to cover all increased costs to counties directly attributable to the Voter Confidence Act.
SB1204	Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules pertaining to automobile clubs and associations.
SB1205	Tourism - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Rural Development Act of 2011."
SB1206	Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases exemptions from Hall Income Tax for single filers from $1,250 to $2,400 and for joint filers from $2,500 to $4,800.
SB1207	Taxes, Income - As introduced, eliminates Hall Income Tax for tax years 2012 and thereafter.
SB1208	Juries and Jurors - As introduced, allows Morgan County to use jury coordinators instead of jury commissioners for the selection and attendance of jurors.
SB1209	Highway Signs - As introduced, designates segment of U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County as "Tyler Leon Sneed Memorial Highway."
SB1210	Pest Control - As introduced, revises the manner in which a person applying pesticides may be supervised.
SB1211	Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, creates the office of solicitor general of Tennessee in the executive branch, and beginning with the November 2012 election to be elected by the qualified voters of this state, with all current duties of the attorney general and reporter, other than activities associated with reporting functions, transferred to the office of solicitor general.
SB1212	Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, creates the office of solicitor general of Tennessee in the executive branch to be appointed by joint vote of the general assembly, with all current duties of the attorney general and reporter, other than activities associated with reporting functions, transferred to the office of solicitor general.
SB1213	Juries and Jurors - As introduced, makes the jury coordinator law applicable to Rhea County, which was previously excluded from such law.
SB1214	Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires that a county receive no less than $40.00 per day per state prisoner housed in such county's correctional facilities.
SB1215	Municipal Government - As introduced, extends allowing municipality to expand its urban growth boundaries to include tracts of land that are 10 acres or smaller when certain criteria are met until July 1, 2013.
SB1216	County Government - As introduced, removes restrictions on county redesignating county mayor as county executive; specifies duties for county attorney.
SB1217	Public Employees - As introduced, requires development and periodical offering of seminars to state employees on financial planning and utilization of state benefits as part of such financial plan.
SB1218	Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, clarifies the period of time included in statements filed prior to primary and general elections; clarifies that an unexpended balance of contributions in a deceased candidate's campaign account may be allocated to any institution of public or private education in the state.
SB1219	Open Meetings - As introduced, clarifies that any legal authority shall be cited in the written denial of a public records request.
SB1220	Election Laws - As introduced, increases size of voting precincts from 5,000 registered voters to 6,000 registered voters; requires one voting machine for every 800 registered voters instead of 1,000 voters.
SB1221	Ethics - As introduced, allows ethics commission or commission staff to provide information on the status of a complaint to the named complainant and to the alleged violator.
SB1222	Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires counties receiving correctional incentive subsidies to submit an accounting of such expenditures to the commissioner; if the facility has not been certified pursuant to state jail standards, prohibits grant of future subsidies unless required expenditures are made; authorizes the commissioner to reimburse counties for actual improvement expenditures.
SB1223	Veterans' Affairs, Dept. of - As introduced, creates state veterans' burial assistance fund to be administered by commissioner of veterans' affairs; funds shall consist of any funds from U.S. veterans' affairs for plot allowance for burials of state veterans and dependents and any state appropriation or private donation.
SB1224	Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, decreases from two to one the number of years that an individual, shareholder, or transferee must reside in Tennessee following an application for a retail liquor store license; decreases from 10 to five the number of years that an individual, shareholder or transferee must have resided in Tennessee to receive a retail liquor store license.
SB1225	Election Laws - As introduced, calls for a run-off election in the event that there is a tie for county or civil district office.
SB1226	Uniform Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act."
SB1227	Ethics - As introduced, revises filing deadlines for employer disclosure reports from within 45 days of March 31 and September 30 to within 45 days of June 30 and December 31.
SB1228	State Government - As introduced, inserts a statutory citation in regard to a reference to the board of claims in provisions regarding insurance for the state.
SB1229	Death - As introduced, authorizes a county mayor to dispose of certain deceased persons by cremation or burial if there is no objection to the contrary.
SB1230	Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes lump sum death benefit to beneficiary for noncontributory member dying prior to retirement as if such member had been a contributory member.
SB1231	Oneida - As introduced, authorizes Oneida Special School District to issue bonds.
SB1232	Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, increases cash amount higher education employee in an optional retirement program may withdraw upon terminating employment from 50% to 100% of such employee's accumulated account.
SB1233	Education, Higher - As introduced, provides that veterans or current members of the United States armed forces who are not residents of Tennessee shall be classified as out-of-state students but shall not be charged out-of-state tuition rates.
SB1234	Criminal Procedure - As introduced, abolishes pretrial diversion and alters the definition of "qualified defendant" for probation purposes.
SB1235	Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a licensed wholesaler holding a basic permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act as an importer to import alcoholic beverages and wine under certain circumstances; permits a licensed wholesaler to deliver alcoholic beverages and wine by common carrier to a retailer only in certain quantities.
SB1236	Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires that a defendant pay $250 upfront prior to making an agreement with the prosecution to suspend prosecution.
SB1237	Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits home school students to obtain HOPE scholarships as entering freshmen if such students achieve a high school GPA of 3.0 or an ACT score of 21.
SB1238	Taxes, Income - As introduced, establishes tax credit for angel investors who invest in qualified Tennessee businesses.
SB1239	Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, requires advisory committee, if appointed, to East Tennessee Regional Agribusiness Marketing Authority to consult with and advise the board on at least a bi-annual basis.
SB1240	Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, clarifies that the term "intoxicating liquors" does not apply to any beverage with alcohol content by weight of 5 percent or less.
SB1241	Prisoners and Inmates - As introduced, clarifies that inmates and their baggage are to be searched for all contraband, not just instruments of escape.
SB1242	Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, redesignates the second Monday in September each year as American Indian Day instead of the fourth Monday in September each year.
SB1243	Development Districts - As introduced, requires the county building commissioner to return by mail a copy of a certificate of insurance or workers' compensation policy within 15 working days, instead of 10 working days, to the person who obtained the permit.
SB1244	State Government - As introduced, requires that electronic copies of the state owned property inventory be provided to designated officials as well as paper copies.
SB1245	Natural Disasters - As introduced, redefines "natural emergency" to specifically include forest fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
SB1246	Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, increases the number of interested persons necessary to petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule from five or more to 10 or more.
SB1247	Public Records - As introduced, requires the chief administrative officer of each entity subject to public records to inform employees and appointees about the requirements of state law concerning public records and the entities' policies for administering public records statutes.
SB1248	State Employees - As introduced, requires development and periodical offering of seminars to state employees on financial planning and utilization of state benefits as part of such financial plan.
SB1249	Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, requires every railroad operating trains within the state to notify the commissioner of transportation of the telephone number of its registered agent for service of process.
SB1250	Annexation - As introduced, increases from 30 days to 40 days time period prior to effectiveness of a municipal annexation ordinance.
SB1251	County Officers - As introduced, adds to the duties of the county attorney the duty to consult with and advise other elected county officials, their deputies and their employees as to the application and enforcement of federal and state laws pertinent to carrying out their official duties.
SB1252	Lottery, Charitable - As introduced, requires annual event tickets to include either the mailing address or telephone number of the 501(c)(3) organization in addition to the name of the 501(c)(3) organization.
SB1253	Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed.
SB1254	Budget Procedures - As introduced, requires the general assembly to provide funding for unfunded mandates which place increased expenditures over certain amounts on local governments; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year.
SB1255	Election Laws - As introduced, expands state election commission to seven members permanently.
SB1256	Special License Plates - As introduced, authorizes issuance of two memorial license plates to recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
SB1257	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, authorizes licensing of certain all terrain vehicles (ATVs); allows local governments to authorize use of such ATVs on certain public highways.
SB1258	Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, establishes regulation of pain management clinics.
SB1259	Municipal Government - As introduced, removes the authority for a municipality to build powder magazines at a safe and prudent distance from the limits of the corporation.
SB1260	Local Government, General - As introduced, increases the penalty for failure to pay a special assessment or installment levied by a local government on property located within a central business improvement district from 0.5% per month of the amount of such assessment or installment to 1%.
SB1261	Taxes, Personal Property - As introduced, for purposes of property tax classification and assessment, provides that real property does not include property determined by Tennessee courts to be personal property.
SB1501	Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As introduced, requires the statewide policy council for the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to attend to identifying issues relating to delivering health care to the department's service recipients with particular attention to issues involving TennCare and health care facilities regulated by the department of health.
SB1502	Clerks, Court - As introduced, increases the amount that a clerk of any court shall charge for purposes of computer related expenses by $2.00.
SB1503	Drugs, Over the Counter - As introduced, provides that nonexempt methamphetamine precursors may only be sold after pharmacist has consulted with prospective buyer and has no reason to believe that the person will use it in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.
SB1716	County Government - As introduced, authorizes creation of design review commissions by county legislative bodies.
SB1792	Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes Tennessee licensed wineries to conduct business at no more than two additional satellite locations after obtaining a satellite permit and paying a fee to the alcoholic beverage commission.
SB1951	Public Records - As introduced, deletes language prohibiting a custodian from assessing a charge to view a public record; authorizes custodians of public records to charge persons for labor costs associated with producing the records, if it requires one hour or longer to produce the document

Bill Number	Description
SB0034	Flags - As introduced, requires state flags to be flown at half-staff by political subdivisions during day of mourning declared by the governor for Tennessee national guard members killed in action.
SB0077	Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As introduced, changes the number and qualifications of students, the selection process, and term length for appointment to the board of the Tennessee student assistance corporation.
SB0079	Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act."
SB0261	Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases the Hall income tax exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older to $26,200 for single filers and $37,000 for persons filing jointly beginning January 1, 2012.
SB0325	Drugs, Over the Counter - As introduced, requires pharmacies and pharmacy personnel to use a national record keeping system to log certain drug sales and changes the rate at which an individual may buy methamphetamine precursors.
SB0615	Taxes, Personal Property - As introduced, removes loan companies and cemetery companies from tax on shares of stock.
SB0700	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, limits certificates of need to facilities and removes equipment and services from the certificate requirements.
SB0807	Census - As introduced, requires utilization of census 2010 geography in establishment or alteration of precincts after March 1, 2011.
SB1531	Driver Licenses - As introduced, creates exception for commercial driver license holders and violations occurring in a commercial motor vehicle to the prohibition on the department of safety suspending a driver license for failing to appear in court on a traffic citation unless the request for suspension is made within six months of the violation.
SB1670	Immigration - As introduced, codifies federal regulations to ensure that local absorptive capacity is evaluated at regular intervals in consultation between local governments and local resettlement agencies before commitments are made for refugee resettlement in any particular community.

Bill Number	Description
SJR0056	Memorials, Death - Doris Lovett
SJR0057	Memorials, Recognition - Frazier Elementary School, 2011 Blue Ribbon School nominee
SJR0058	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges department of health and department of mental health and developmental disabilities to promote a model of integrated care and to develop a plan for increased usage by Tennessee's health care providers.
SJR0059	Memorials, Death - Jennie Maxine Brown Harvey
SJR0060	Memorials, Death - Trudy Carpenter
SJR0061	Memorials, Death - Minna B. Andriulli
SJR0062	Memorials, Death - Tom J. Malone
SJR0063	Memorials, Death - Thomas Jackson Robinson
SJR0064	Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee “Polk Salad” Festival and Pageant
SJR0071	Memorials, Recognition - Paul Reagan
SJR0086	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Requests approval from Tennessee Valley Authority for construction of Campbell County Lighthouse Lodge and Convention Center.
SJR0092	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Directs TWRA to restore slot/length limit for small mouth bass on Norris Lake to five per day with a minimum length of 18 inches.
SJR0106	Memorials, Death - Abigail Hopper Brown
SJR0107	Memorials, Recognition - Roane Medical Center, surgery department ranked at 90 percent or higher for various areas of patient care by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
SJR0122	Naming and Designating - Rare Disease Day February 28, 2011

Bill Number	Description
SJR0001	Memorials, Retirement - Colonel Mike Walker, Tennessee Highway Patrol
SJR0004	Memorials, Public Service - Dave Goetz, Commissioner of Finance and Administration
SJR0012	Memorials, Death - Major General Frederick Harwood Forster
SJR0018	Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to clarify the constitutional language that currently prohibits the levying of a tax on any class of income, other than income derived from stocks and bonds, and to prohibit any tax levied on or measured by employer payrolls.
SJR0050	Memorials, Public Service - Rep. Charles Curtiss, Fiscal Review Committee
SJR0051	Memorials, Recognition - Bill Anderson
SJR0054	Constitutional Amendments - Amends Article II of the Tennessee Constitution in order to limit the annual regular sessions of the general assembly to a period from February through May; abolishes the 90 day limit for which expenses may be compensated for regular session.
SJR0089	Naming and Designating - Designates March 13-20, 2011, as "Jeff Byrd Week" in Tennessee.
SJR0101	Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes Tennessee Disabilities Coalition, United Cerebral Palsy Association, ARC of Tennessee and TNCO for their efforts in establishment of the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
SJR0104	Memorials, Death - Bill Sergean
SJR0108	Memorials, Professional Achievement - Allan Benton, world's best bacon
SJR0110	Memorials, Death - James Thomas Kelsey
SJR0113	Memorials, Public Service - Donald L. Samuels
SJR0116	Memorials, Public Service - Senator Ferrell Haile
SJR0123	Memorials, Sports - Trevor Bayne, winner of the 2011 Daytona 500
SJR0124	Memorials, Recognition - 100th anniversary of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
SJR0002	Memorials, Academic Achievement - 2011 Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team