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Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 506 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0066. Education, Higher - Provides a tuition and fee freeze for students who are in the military reserves or national guard and who are mobilized to active duty. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 23. Fiscal Summary for HB0014 / *SB0066 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $ 8,300 FY07-08 $17,200 FY08-09 Bill Summary for HB0014 / *SB0066 This bill grants tuition relief to persons in the military reserve and National Guard who have to miss school because of calls to active duty. Under this bill, if a person is mobilized to active duty within six months of attendance of a state higher learning institution and if the soldier's mobilization lasts for more than six months, then that person's tuition, maintenance fees, student activity fees, required registration, and matriculation fees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Public Chapter 506 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0014. Education, Higher - Provides a tuition and fee freeze for students who are in the military reserves or national guard and who are mobilized to active duty. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 23. Fiscal Summary for *SB0066 / HB0014 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $ 8,300 FY07-08 $17,200 FY08-09 Bill Summary for *SB0066 / HB0014 This bill grants tuition relief to persons in the military reserve and National Guard who have to miss school because of calls to active duty. Under this bill, if a person is mobilized to active duty within six months of attendance of a state higher learning institution and if the soldier's mobilization lasts for more than six months, then that person's tuition, maintenance fees, student activity fees, required registration, and matriculation fees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Signed by Governor. Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for location of U.S. Air Force's Combat Battlefield Airman Training program at Arnold Air Force Base near Manchester. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0293Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0452. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Establishes Tennessee combat veteran's scholarship funded from net proceeds of the state lottery. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB0253 / SB0452Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $16,860,000 in FY07-08 and by $18,540,000 in FY08-09. Bill Summary for *HB0253 / SB0452 This bill establishes the Tennessee combat veteran's scholarship, which will be funded from the proceeds of the state lottery. To be eligible, a student must be a member of the armed forces who: (1) Served honorably in active military service of the United States in a capacity that entitled the student to combat; (2) Established Tennessee as the member's or veteran's home of record prior to being [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0821. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes the home of record requirement from time of entry into military service to date of application for financial assistance for purposes of qualifying for a HOPE scholarship by dependents of members of the armed forces or the Tennessee national guard who do not reside in Tennessee immediately preceding date of application for a HOPE scholarship and who did not complete high school in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-926. Fiscal Summary for HB2060 / *SB0821(CORRECTED) Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by an amount considered as not significant. Bill Summary for HB2060 / *SB0821 Under present law, a student who is a Tennessee citizen, and a dependent child of a military parent, is eligible for a Tennessee HOPE [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0253. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Establishes Tennessee combat veteran's scholarship funded from net proceeds of the state lottery. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for SB0452 / *HB0253Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $16,860,000 in FY07-08 and by $18,540,000 in FY08-09. Bill Summary for SB0452 / *HB0253 This bill establishes the Tennessee combat veteran's scholarship, which will be funded from the proceeds of the state lottery. To be eligible, a student must be a member of the armed forces who: (1) Served honorably in active military service of the United States in a capacity that entitled the student to combat; (2) Established Tennessee as the member's or veteran's home of record prior to being [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2060. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Changes the home of record requirement from time of entry into military service to date of application for financial assistance for purposes of qualifying for a HOPE scholarship by dependents of members of the armed forces or the Tennessee national guard who do not reside in Tennessee immediately preceding date of application for a HOPE scholarship and who did not complete high school in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-926. Fiscal Summary for *SB0821 / HB2060(CORRECTED) Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by an amount considered as not significant. Bill Summary for *SB0821 / HB2060 Under present law, a student who is a Tennessee citizen, and a dependent child of a military parent, is eligible for a Tennessee HOPE [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0596. Military - Requires the adjutant general to be a current member of the Tennessee National Guard at the time of appointment. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0551 / SB0596MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0551 / SB0596 ON MARCH 31, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #5 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1442, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #5 rewrites this bill to prohibit a member of a county election commission or the state election commission who is appointed to the commission after this bill's effective date from serving as the campaign manager of any candidate's political campaign in a local, state, or federal election during the commissioner's term of office. A violation of this amendment would subject the member to immediate removal from office by a majority vote of the state election commission. This amendment [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Action Deferred in State & Local Government Committee to 2008 Bill TextMilitary - Requires the civil air patrol to study the role it could perform in homeland security emergency prevention, preparation, and response and to submit such study to both speakers by October 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 58, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0888 / SB1619Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Public Chapter 140 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1395. Military - Requires adjutant general of state's military department to be a member of National Guard who meets all of the requirements to be a federally recognized general officer. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB1170 / SB1395MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1170 / SB1395 ON APRIL 18, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1170, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires the Adjutant General to meet all qualifications to be a federally recognized general officer.
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Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Signed by Governor. Bill TextNaming and Designating - "Sgt. Robert Wesley Tucker National Guard Armory," Livingston - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0889No Fiscal Summary for *HJR0889 Bill Summary for *HJR0889 ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND ADOPTED HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 889, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 corrects typographical errors.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation to 4/1/2008 Bill TextMotor Vehicles - Authorizes the use of blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights on a vehicle operated by military department personnel and designated by the adjutant general as an emergency response vehicle when official duties so require. - Fiscal Summary for *HB4157 / SB4179MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextMotor Vehicles - Authorizes the use of blue flashing emergency lights or blue flashing emergency lights in combination with red flashing emergency lights on a vehicle operated by military department personnel and designated by the adjutant general as an emergency response vehicle when official duties so require. - Fiscal Summary for SB4179 / *HB4157MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Public Chapter 645 Bill TextFlags - Specifies the official flag of the military in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB3831 / SB3955MINIMAL
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 645 Bill TextFlags - Specifies the official flag of the military in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for SB3955 / *HB3831MINIMAL
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3719. Military - Authorizes members of civil air patrol who are state employees to receive their regular compensation while participating in authorized training or emergency services. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3499 / *SB3719Not Available Bill Summary for HB3499 / *SB3719 Under this bill, a state employee who is a member of the United States Air Force auxiliary civil air patrol who participates in a training program for the civil air patrol or in emergency and disaster services would be entitled to a leave of absence with pay for a period of not more than 15 days during a calendar year for such purposes if the leave of absence is at the request of the employee's wing commander or wing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Taken off notice for Calendar in Calendar & Rules Committee Bill TextMilitary - Requires the governor to proclaim a day of mourning and to fly the state flag at half-staff over the state capitol whenever a Tennessee member of the armed services is killed in action or dies from combat-related wounds; the flag will be delivered to the deceased member's family. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406. Fiscal Summary for *HB3155 / SB3292Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextMilitary - Requires the governor to proclaim a day of mourning and to fly the state flag at half-staff over the state capitol whenever a Tennessee member of the armed services is killed in action or dies from combat-related wounds; the flag will be delivered to the deceased member's family. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406. Fiscal Summary for SB3292 / *HB3155Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Withdrawn from Senate Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3499. Military - Authorizes members of civil air patrol who are state employees to receive their regular compensation while participating in authorized training or emergency services. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB3719 / HB3499Not Available Bill Summary for *SB3719 / HB3499 Under this bill, a state employee who is a member of the United States Air Force auxiliary civil air patrol who participates in a training program for the civil air patrol or in emergency and disaster services would be entitled to a leave of absence with pay for a period of not more than 15 days during a calendar year for such purposes if the leave of absence is at the request of the employee's wing commander or wing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1135 Bill TextNaming and Designating - Names Winchester Tennessee National Guard Armory in honor of Otis W. Bauer. - Fiscal Summary for *HB2990 / SB3499Increase State Expenditures - $2,200/One-Time
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