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Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1506. Business and Commerce - Requires a person to show proof of U.S. citizenship or residency in this country when requesting money or other funds be transmitted from this country to a location in a foreign country. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47. Fiscal Summary for *HB0606 / SB1506Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0606 / SB1506 This bill requires any person who seeks to transmit funds from a location within Tennessee to a location in a foreign country to show proof of U.S. citizenship or legal residency. The business that transmits the funds must maintain documentation of the proof of citizenship or residency for two years. This bill does not apply to transfers of funds that are governed by the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0606. Business and Commerce - Requires a person to show proof of U.S. citizenship or residency in this country when requesting money or other funds be transmitted from this country to a location in a foreign country. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47. Fiscal Summary for SB1506 / *HB0606Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1506 / *HB0606 This bill requires any person who seeks to transmit funds from a location within Tennessee to a location in a foreign country to show proof of U.S. citizenship or legal residency. The business that transmits the funds must maintain documentation of the proof of citizenship or residency for two years. This bill does not apply to transfers of funds that are governed by the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1348. Criminal Offenses - Creates a Class E felony offense for providing a public servant with documentation falsely stating or implying that a person is a legally documented immigrant to the United States for the purpose of obtaining certain public benefits including TennCare or for providing false documents to an employer for the purpose of obtaining employment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *HB0622 / SB1348Increase State Expenditures - $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0622 / SB1348 Under this bill, it would be a Class E felony for any person to provide a public servant with documentation, knowing that the documentation is false, for the purpose of receiving any public benefit for indigent persons, including post-secondary educational grants, scholarships, or reduced [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1581. Criminal Offenses - 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 unless the employer verifies the immigrant status prior to employment by using the federal electronic work authorization verification service. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0684 / SB1581 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0684 / SB1581 This bill imposes criminal penalties at the state level on certain employers who employ illegal aliens. This bill would apply to any entity that employs more than 25 individuals at a workplace in this state. This bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, to knowingly employ an illegal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/04/2007 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0622. Criminal Offenses - Creates a Class E felony offense for providing a public servant with documentation falsely stating or implying that a person is a legally documented immigrant to the United States for the purpose of obtaining certain public benefits including TennCare or for providing false documents to an employer for the purpose of obtaining employment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for SB1348 / *HB0622Increase State Expenditures - $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB1348 / *HB0622 Under this bill, it would be a Class E felony for any person to provide a public servant with documentation, knowing that the documentation is false, for the purpose of receiving any public benefit for indigent persons, including post-secondary educational grants, scholarships, or reduced [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0684. Criminal Offenses - 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 unless the employer verifies the immigrant status prior to employment by using the federal electronic work authorization verification service. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. Fiscal Summary for SB1581 / *HB0684 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB1581 / *HB0684 This bill imposes criminal penalties at the state level on certain employers who employ illegal aliens. This bill would apply to any entity that employs more than 25 individuals at a workplace in this state. This bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, to knowingly employ an illegal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Transportation & Highways of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0886. Driver Licenses - Abolishes certificates of driving; authorizes issuance of one-year renewable driver licenses to aliens demonstrating lawful presence. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0366 / SB0886Decrease State Revenues - Net Impact - $8,700 Beginning in Year 2 Decrease State Expenditures - Net Impact - $12,400 Beginning in Year 2 Bill Summary for *HB0366 / SB0886 Present law authorizes the department of safety to issue a certificate for driving to persons whose presence in the United States has been authorized by the federal government for a specific purpose and for a specified period of authorized stay. This certificate for driving is valid only during the period of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States for a minimum period of one year and a maximum of five [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/20/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 28 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0767. Driver Licenses - Broadens criminal provisions involving unlawful use of driver licenses to include use of certificates for driving and all other government-issued photo identification documents. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB0387 / SB0767Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0387 / SB0767 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to: (1) Display or possess any cancelled, revoked, suspended, or fraudulently altered driver license; (2) Lend a driver license to any other person; (3) Represent as one's own any driver license not issued to such person; (4) Fail to surrender [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextDriver Licenses - Repeals issuance of certificates for driving, and instead requires applicants to meet the standards for issuance of driver licenses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for HB0726 / *SB0206Decrease State Revenues - $144,000 Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 One-Time
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Senate Trans Comm. Bill TextDriver Licenses - Repeals issuance of certificates for driving, and instead requires applicants to meet the standards for issuance of driver licenses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *SB0206 / HB0726Decrease State Revenues - $144,000 Increase State Expenditures - $15,000 One-Time
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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Introduced, Referred to Judiciary Bill TextMemorials, Congress - Urges enactment of legislation clarifying Fourteenth Amendment of United States Constitution as denying citizenship status to children of illegal aliens. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR1126Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3871. Immigrants - Requires jailers to check legal status of each person charged with a felony or DUI; requires governments to verify the lawful status of person receiving or applying for public benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for HB3961 / *SB3871 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $813,300/One-Time $8,203,500/Recurring Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000/Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - Any decrease in state expenditures as a result of prohibiting the delivery of certain public benefits to illegal immigrants is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many illegal immigrants currently receive such benefits. The process to determine immigrant status will lengthen the application process for many programs [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3961. Immigrants - Requires jailers to check legal status of each person charged with a felony or DUI; requires governments to verify the lawful status of person receiving or applying for public benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB3871 / HB3961 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $813,300/One-Time $8,203,500/Recurring Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000/Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - Any decrease in state expenditures as a result of prohibiting the delivery of certain public benefits to illegal immigrants is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many illegal immigrants currently receive such benefits. The process to determine immigrant status will lengthen the application process for many programs [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3443. Immigrants - Enacts the "Tennessee Citizen Protection Act of 2008." - Fiscal Summary for HB3500 / *SB3443Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $9,217,300/Recurring Exceeds $1,226,900/One-Time Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Other Fiscal Impact - Any increase in state revenues received as a result of eliminating certain franchise and excise tax exemptions or credits is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many exemptions for employees who are illegal immigrants are currently claimed. Any decrease in state expenditures as a result of prohibiting the delivery of certain public benefits to illegal immigrants is unquantifiable because it is unknown how many illegal immigrants currently receive such benefits. The process [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommended for Passage w/ am., Referred to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2860. Bail, Bail Bonds - Creates a presumption when determining the amount of bail that any defendant not lawfully present in the United States is a risk of flight; requires jailers to determine citizenship status of persons charged with a felony or with a second or subsequent DUI. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for SB3213 / *HB2860Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for SB3213 / *HB2860 Under this bill, when a person charged with a felony or with driving under the influence is confined, for any period, in the jail of the county or any municipality, a reasonable effort would have to be made to determine the citizenship status of the person so confined. Such effort may include reviewing documents in the possession of the prisoner. If the keeper of the jail or other office cannot determine [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextEducation, Higher - Requires students attending public colleges and universities in Tennessee to be lawfully in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB3017 / SB3729 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextEducation, Higher - Requires students attending public colleges and universities in Tennessee to be lawfully in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB3729 / *HB3017 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Elections of S&LG of State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2794. Election Laws - Requires citizenship status to be proven prior to registration to vote and requires certain procedures to ensure identity and citizenship status prior to voting. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 4. Fiscal Summary for HB3050 / *SB2794Increase State Expenditures - $37,200 One-Time Bill Summary for HB3050 / *SB2794 Present law requires that certain information be included in an applicant's permanent registration record for voting (such as name, address, birth date and place, social security number (if any), whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony, whether the applicant is a U.S. citizen, and whether the applicant is a Tennessee resident). Under present law, qualified voters may register by mail by use of postal card forms. The registration forms must include such matter as the coordinator of elections [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Elections of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2810. Election Laws - Requires identification and proof of citizenship for voter registration. - Amends TCA Title 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3052 / *SB2810Increase State Expenditures - $37,200 One-Time Bill Summary for HB3052 / *SB2810 Present law requires that certain information be included in an applicant's permanent registration record for voting (such as name, address, birth date and place, social security number (if any), whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony, whether the applicant is a U.S. citizen, and whether the applicant is a Tennessee resident). Under present law, qualified voters may register by mail by use of postal card forms. The registration forms must include such matter as the coordinator of elections requires to ascertain the qualifications of an individual applying to register and to prevent fraudulent [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Employee Affairs of Consumer and Employee Affairs of Consumer & Employees Affairs Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3129. Immigrants - Creates a civil cause of action for wrongful termination against any employer who knowingly discharges an employee who is a United States citizen or permanent resident alien and hires or retains a person to replace the discharged employee who the employer knows is an illegal alien. - Amends TCA Title 50. Fiscal Summary for HB2992 / *SB3129 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2992 / *SB3129 This bill creates a cause of action for wrongful termination against any employer who knowingly discharges an employee who is a United States citizen or permanent resident alien and hires or retains a person to replace the discharged employee who the employer knows [...] show full description
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