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Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Public Chapter 97 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2307. Human Rights - Changes from June 30 to October 1, the date by which state governmental entities must submit their annual Title VI compliance reports and implementation plan updates to the department of audit. - Amends TCA Section 4-21-901. Fiscal Summary for *HB1865 / SB2307 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1865 / SB2307 This bill changes the deadline for state governmental entities to submit annual Title VI compliance reports and implementation plan updates to the department of audit from June 30 of each year to October 1 of each year beginning in 2007. The reporting period would cover the most recent full fiscal year.
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 97 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1865. Human Rights - Changes from June 30 to October 1, the date by which state governmental entities must submit their annual Title VI compliance reports and implementation plan updates to the department of audit. - Amends TCA Section 4-21-901. Fiscal Summary for SB2307 / *HB1865 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB2307 / *HB1865 This bill changes the deadline for state governmental entities to submit annual Title VI compliance reports and implementation plan updates to the department of audit from June 30 of each year to October 1 of each year beginning in 2007. The reporting period would cover the most recent full fiscal year.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken off notice for Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer &Employee Affairs Bill TextEmployees, Employers - Clarifies it is not a discriminatory practice under state law for an employer to institute an English-only policy in the employer’s workplace based on business necessity. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB2566 / SB2850Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Studies - Creates a special joint committee to study issues relating to unsolved civil rights crimes that are cold cases. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0743Increase State Expenditures - $1,700 Each One-Day Meeting
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextEmployees, Employers - Clarifies it is not a discriminatory practice under state law for an employer to institute an English-only policy in the employer’s workplace based on business necessity. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for SB2850 / *HB2566Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3096. Human Rights - Enacts the "Protecting English in the Tennessee Workplace Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. Fiscal Summary for *SB2849 / HB3096 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2849 / HB3096 This bill affirmatively specifies that it is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require an employee to speak, or an applicant for employment to agree to speak, English while engaged in work. A person would not be considered to be engaged in work for purposes of this bill during any bona fide meal period, a rest period, or any other break, during which the person is not required to perform any duties. ON FEBRUARY 25, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET SENATE BILL 2849, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that a requirement that employees speak English [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3263. Employees, Employers - Prohibits mandatory communications relative to religious or political matters in employment settings. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 50, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB3104 / HB3263 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3104 / HB3263 This bill prohibits employers from requiring an employee to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any mandatory communication with the employer, if the purpose of the meeting or communication is: (1) To communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters; or (2) To attempt to influence the employee's opinions or actions with respect to religious or political matters. This bill also prohibits an employer from penalizing or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Action Deferred in Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee to summer study Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3104. Employees, Employers - Prohibits mandatory communications relative to religious or political matters in employment settings. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 50, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3263 / *SB3104 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3263 / *SB3104 This bill prohibits employers from requiring an employee to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any mandatory communication with the employer, if the purpose of the meeting or communication is: (1) To communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters; or (2) To attempt to influence the employee's opinions or actions with respect to religious or political matters. This bill also prohibits an employer from penalizing or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextHuman Rights - Establishes that persons are human beings with all attendant rights and responsibilities from time of fertilization of human embryo. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB3000 / SB3681MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Failed for Lack of Second in: Employee Affairs of C&EA Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2849. Human Rights - Enacts the "Protecting English in the Tennessee Workplace Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. Fiscal Summary for HB3096 / *SB2849 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3096 / *SB2849 This bill affirmatively specifies that it is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require an employee to speak, or an applicant for employment to agree to speak, English while engaged in work. A person would not be considered to be engaged in work for purposes of this bill during any bona fide meal period, a rest period, or any other break, during which the person is not required to perform any duties. ON FEBRUARY 25, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET SENATE BILL 2849, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that a requirement that employees speak English [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 977 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3459. Human Rights - Enacts the "Racial Profiling Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38. Fiscal Summary for HB4001 / *SB3459Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4001 / *SB3459 This bill: (1) Prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling; and (2) Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting the stopping, detention, and searching of any person when the action is solely motivated by considerations of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, or national origin and specifying that the action would constitute a civil rights violation. A violation of this bill would be a Class C misdemeanor. Also, a person aggrieved by a violation may file suit for damages and [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4193. Mental Illness - Changes certain requirements for length of time records must be retained regarding services provided to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities, increases membership of boards of trustees for state facilities from 15 to 19 members, changes time for holding hearing on commitment proceeding from within 20 to within 15 days of complaint filing, removes authorization for court to exclude public from commitment hearing on motion of defendant. - Amends TCA Title 33. Fiscal Summary for *HB4195 / SB4193Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4195 / SB4193 This bill makes the following changes in the present law provisions governing mental health and developmental disabilities: (1) Decreases from 10 years to five years after termination of service that amount of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Placed on SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. Calendar for 04/16/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4195. Mental Illness - Changes certain requirements for length of time records must be retained regarding services provided to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities, increases membership of boards of trustees for state facilities from 15 to 19 members, changes time for holding hearing on commitment proceeding from within 20 to within 15 days of complaint filing, removes authorization for court to exclude public from commitment hearing on motion of defendant. - Amends TCA Title 33. Fiscal Summary for SB4193 / *HB4195Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4193 / *HB4195 This bill makes the following changes in the present law provisions governing mental health and developmental disabilities: (1) Decreases from 10 years to five years after termination of service that amount of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextStatutes and Codification - Defines the term "inception of human life" to mean the moment of conception. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105. Fiscal Summary for SB4020 / *HB3849MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextConstitutional Amendments - Proposes new language stating that, except as otherwise specifically provided by the state constitution, the rights and protections afforded to human beings by the state constitution apply irrespective of age, race, sex, health, function, condition of dependency, or state of embryonic or fetal development within the womb. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0827Increase State Expenditures - $20,000 One-Time
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Utilities, Banking and Small Business of COM Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3964. Human Rights - Requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and provides that state law regarding persons with disabilities shall be interpreted in accordance with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB3881 / SB3964 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3881 / SB3964 Under present state law, employment discrimination based solely upon any physical, mental, or visual handicap of the applicant is prohibited, unless the handicap to some degree prevents the applicant from performing the duties required by the employment sought or impairs the performance of the work involved. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that employers make a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3881. Human Rights - Requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and provides that state law regarding persons with disabilities shall be interpreted in accordance with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB3964 / *HB3881 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3964 / *HB3881 Under present state law, employment discrimination based solely upon any physical, mental, or visual handicap of the applicant is prohibited, unless the handicap to some degree prevents the applicant from performing the duties required by the employment sought or impairs the performance of the work involved. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that employers make a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Public Chapter 629 Bill TextState Government - Changes date by which each entity of state government that is subject to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 must submit its annual compliance report and implementation plan update to the department of audit from "by June 30" to "by October 1"; specifies that the reporting period will cover the most recent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-123. Fiscal Summary for SB3941 / *HB3730 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/26/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextStatutes and Codification - Defines the term "inception of human life" to mean the moment of conception. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105. Fiscal Summary for *HB3849 / SB4020MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 629 Bill TextState Government - Changes date by which each entity of state government that is subject to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 must submit its annual compliance report and implementation plan update to the department of audit from "by June 30" to "by October 1"; specifies that the reporting period will cover the most recent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-123. Fiscal Summary for *HB3730 / SB3941 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
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