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Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCriminal Offenses - Enhances the penalty for an assault from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony when the assault is committed against a law enforcement officer who is acting in the course of official duty. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-101. Fiscal Summary for *HB0036 / SB0173Increase State Expenditures - $1,100,900 / Incarceration* Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Less than $100,000
Latest Action: 02/20/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCriminal Offenses - Enhances the penalty for an assault from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony when the assault is committed against a law enforcement officer who is acting in the course of official duty. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-101. Fiscal Summary for SB0173 / *HB0036Increase State Expenditures - $1,100,900 / Incarceration* Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000 Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - Less than $100,000
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Signed by Senate Speaker Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jerry W. Scott, Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission - Fiscal Summary for *SR0033Not Available
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextGuns - Prohibits the confiscation or seizure of lawfully possessed firearm or ammunition during an emergency or disaster unless peace officer reasonably believes that disarming a person is immediately necessary for the protection of the officer or another individual. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0906 / SB1134MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextGuns - Prohibits the confiscation or seizure of lawfully possessed firearm or ammunition during an emergency or disaster unless peace officer reasonably believes that disarming a person is immediately necessary for the protection of the officer or another individual. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB1134 / *HB0906MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/03/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0203. Highway Patrol - Permits commissioner of safety to negotiate and enter a memorandum of understanding with federal authorities to provide appropriate training for certain highway patrol officers to enforce federal immigration laws in Tennessee during the normal course of their duties. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for HB0728 / *SB0203Other Fiscal Impact - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will send instructors to Tennessee to train selected officers of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The costs of the five-week training session will be borne by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The costs of travel and per diem for officers to attend the training and the costs of backfill and over-time to cover such officers position while attending the training will be paid for through federal grants administered [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Trans Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0728. Highway Patrol - Permits commissioner of safety to negotiate and enter a memorandum of understanding with federal authorities to provide appropriate training for certain highway patrol officers to enforce federal immigration laws in Tennessee during the normal course of their duties. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for *SB0203 / HB0728Other Fiscal Impact - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will send instructors to Tennessee to train selected officers of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The costs of the five-week training session will be borne by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The costs of travel and per diem for officers to attend the training and the costs of backfill and over-time to cover such officers position while attending the training will be paid for through federal grants administered [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2318. Immigrants - Provides for enforcement of the statute prohibiting the hiring of illegal immigrants in this state by local law enforcement agencies as well as by the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Section 50-1-103. Fiscal Summary for *HB1983 / SB2318MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1983 / SB2318 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for any person, unless granted an exemption by the United States department of labor pursuant to its rulemaking authority, to knowingly employ or refer for employment any individual who has illegally entered the United States. In addition to the criminal penalty, the license of any person violating this provision will be revoked and such person will be barred from doing business in this state. Present law states that the department of labor and workforce [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/04/2007 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1983. Immigrants - Provides for enforcement of the statute prohibiting the hiring of illegal immigrants in this state by local law enforcement agencies as well as by the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Section 50-1-103. Fiscal Summary for SB2318 / *HB1983MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB2318 / *HB1983 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for any person, unless granted an exemption by the United States department of labor pursuant to its rulemaking authority, to knowingly employ or refer for employment any individual who has illegally entered the United States. In addition to the criminal penalty, the license of any person violating this provision will be revoked and such person will be barred from doing business in this state. Present law states that the department of labor and workforce [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Public Chapter 134 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0866. Law Enforcement - Permits a juvenile to be photographed or recorded by law enforcement if juvenile is committing offense, if officer is conducting field sobriety test on juvenile, or, in certain circumstances, if juvenile is victim of offense and consents. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0075 / SB0866Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0075 / SB0866 Present law prohibits law enforcement officers who are investigating juvenile offenses from fingerprinting or photographing juveniles except under the following circumstances: (1) With court permission; (2) The juvenile is charged with a delinquent act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony; or (3) Comparison with fingerprints found at a crime scene or comparison with [...] 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: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 785 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4027. Law Enforcement - Deletes specific population brackets relative to the use of blue flashing emergency lights on official motor vehicles so that reserve or auxiliary deputy sheriffs or reserve or auxiliary police officers would, if authorized by the local sheriff or police chief, be authorized to operate an official motor vehicle that has blue flashing or red flashing emergency lights. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-414. Fiscal Summary for *HB3983 / SB4027MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3983 / SB4027 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for anyone to install, maintain, or exhibit blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights, except full-time, salaried, uniformed law enforcement officers of the state, county, or city and municipal governments of the state,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 785 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3983. Law Enforcement - Deletes specific population brackets relative to the use of blue flashing emergency lights on official motor vehicles so that reserve or auxiliary deputy sheriffs or reserve or auxiliary police officers would, if authorized by the local sheriff or police chief, be authorized to operate an official motor vehicle that has blue flashing or red flashing emergency lights. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-414. Fiscal Summary for SB4027 / *HB3983MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB4027 / *HB3983 Under present law, it is a Class C misdemeanor for anyone to install, maintain, or exhibit blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights, except full-time, salaried, uniformed law enforcement officers of the state, county, or city and municipal governments of the state,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1039 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4177. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - Specifies that the TBI is authorized, without a request from a district attorney general, to make traffic stops in emergency situations in which the safety of the public is in jeopardy and no officer from the appropriate law enforcement agency is immediately available to make the stop; defines "emergency situation" as DUI and reckless endangerment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-102. Fiscal Summary for *HB4155 / SB4177Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4155 / SB4177 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4177 FOR HOUSE BILL 4155, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4177, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 limits "emergency situations" for which the TBI will be authorized to make traffic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1039 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4155. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - Specifies that the TBI is authorized, without a request from a district attorney general, to make traffic stops in emergency situations in which the safety of the public is in jeopardy and no officer from the appropriate law enforcement agency is immediately available to make the stop; defines "emergency situation" as DUI and reckless endangerment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-102. Fiscal Summary for SB4177 / *HB4155Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4177 / *HB4155 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4177 FOR HOUSE BILL 4155, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4177, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 limits "emergency situations" for which the TBI will be authorized to make traffic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextFirearms and Ammunition - Removes restriction prohibiting law enforcement officers not engaged in official business from carrying weapons in establishments serving alcohol for on premises consumption; authorizes on-duty and off-duty officers to carry weapons in such establishments. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350 and Section 39-17-1351. Fiscal Summary for HB3868 / *SB3884 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Jud. Comm. Bill TextFirearms and Ammunition - Removes restriction prohibiting law enforcement officers not engaged in official business from carrying weapons in establishments serving alcohol for on premises consumption; authorizes on-duty and off-duty officers to carry weapons in such establishments. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350 and Section 39-17-1351. Fiscal Summary for *SB3884 / HB3868 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 651 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2547. Motor Vehicles - Prohibits a local government or any person from assessing an accident response service fee on an insurance company, the driver or owner of a motor vehicle, or any other person for the response or investigation by a law enforcement agency of a motor vehicle accident. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for SB3888 / *HB2547MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3888 / *HB2547 ON MARCH 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2547, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that a local government may bill an insurance company, the driver or owner of a motor vehicle, or any other person for ambulance services that are provided in response to or in conjunction with emergency response to motor vehicle accidents.
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to Summer Study Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3853. Law Enforcement - Removes provisions prohibiting law enforcement officer from carrying firearms in school without notifying the principal, in a place that serves alcohol for on-premises consumption, or in a court room except during course of official proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Fiscal Summary for *HB3622 / SB3853Decrease Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3622 / SB3853 Under present law, a law enforcement officer may carry firearms at all times and in all places within Tennessee, on-duty or off-duty, regardless of the officer's regular duty hours or assignments, except that this authority does not extend to a law enforcement officer: (1) Who carries a firearm onto school grounds or inside a school building [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3622. Law Enforcement - Removes provisions prohibiting law enforcement officer from carrying firearms in school without notifying the principal, in a place that serves alcohol for on-premises consumption, or in a court room except during course of official proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Fiscal Summary for SB3853 / *HB3622Decrease Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3853 / *HB3622 Under present law, a law enforcement officer may carry firearms at all times and in all places within Tennessee, on-duty or off-duty, regardless of the officer's regular duty hours or assignments, except that this authority does not extend to a law enforcement officer: (1) Who carries a firearm onto school grounds or inside a school building [...] show full description
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