Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 3: 2021-01-21: Senate: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0005 . - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/7/2023, Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. The commissioner must appoint five department employees to the selection committee based on their qualifications and experience, including at least one employee who is a licensed professional engineer in this state. The anti-drag bills sweeping the U.S. are straight from history's playbook. USER FEES AND RESTRICTIONS This amendment authorizes the commissioner, subject to approval of the board, to establish user fees, vehicle restrictions, and other fees or restrictions applicable to the operation of the user fee facilities. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee. SECTION 3. Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. ENFORCEMENT OF NONPAYMENT This amendment provides that the operator of a vehicle that is driven through a user fee facility without payment of the user fee commits a violation, classified as a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $50. if am., ref. This amendment also deletes the requirements for the selection committee under Phase 1. With board approval, the department may designate one or more lanes of a highway, or portion of a highway, within the state as a user fee facility; provided, however, that such designation must not reduce the existing number of general purpose lanes and lanes available for use without payment of a user fee. ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF STATE PROPERTY Under present law, the commissioner of general services, with the approval of the governor and attorney general and reporter, may sell, lease or otherwise convey any interest in surplus state real property according to the following provisions: (1) If the property was acquired by or for the use of the department of transportation for right-of-way, if its fair market value does not exceed $75,000 or such amounts in excess of $75,000 as may be approved by the state building commission, and if any adjoining property owner or the former owner of that property wishes to purchase the property, or if a legal governmental body wishes to acquire the property for a public use purpose, or if a legal governmental body wishes to acquire the property for fair market value,, then this subdivision must apply, notwithstanding any other provision of this section. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55. The department must then specifically identify a proposed user fee facility or user fee facility project in the transportation improvement program furnished to the general assembly in support of the commissioner's annual funding recommendations. Projects suited for the CM/GC process include instances where the department needs feedback during the design phase due to complex components that require innovation. SB 1 would prohibit doctors and families from making necessary lifesaving health care decisions to support. Each member must score the proposals pursuant to the scoring matrix that the department provides in the RFP and based on the RFP's evaluation criteria. The full text of this bill specifies several components that the foundational literacy skills standards must include. 01/21/2021. ON MARCH 20, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 273, AS AMENDED. This bill creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. State or local litigation taxes are not applicable to a case prosecuted for a violation. TN State Legislature page for SB0003. 02/25/2021. This amendment deletes the requirement that before using the CM/GC method the commissioner must send written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023, Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee, Rec. Transportation Committee for 2/14/2023, Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/1/2021. Register; . Instead, this amendment requires that upon completion of the evaluation process, each member of the selection committee must independently review and score the proposals. This bill requires each LEA and public charter school to annually administer a universal reading screener to each student in kindergarten through grade three during each of the three administration windows established by the department. Subject to appropriation in the general appropriations act, the fund is to be composed of: (1) A sum of $3 billion to be divided into sums of $750 million for projects within each region of the department; (2) A sum of $300 million to be distributed to local governments as grants, as determined by the commissioner, provided, that a local government must not use grants distributed from the sum to supplant other state or local moneys appropriated or allotted for building, maintaining, or improving county roads or bridges; (3) Other revenues or moneys that the general assembly may appropriate to the fund; and (4) Other moneys received by the department for the purposes of the fund that are not otherwise allocated to the department by law. Before using the CM/GC method of project delivery, the commissioner must send written notice to the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives. The department may establish agency policy, or the department may promulgate rules in furtherance of these provisions. This amendment requires that the development of a user fee facility project must be in accordance with the department's long-range statewide transportation plan. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-6-109(b), is amended by adding Summary (2021-04-20) AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 1, relative to redistricting. This bill defines "foundational literacy skills" to mean phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to commerce. Representatives voting no were: Clemmons, Dixie, Freeman, Harris, Johnson G, Jones, Mitchell, Pearson, Powell, Richey, Towns, Warner -- 12. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session, Placed on cal. ON FEBRUARY 23, 2023, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 3 FOR HOUSE BILL 9. Increase State Expenditures - $535,200/FY21-22 and Subsequent Years According to the Department of Finance and Administration, Division of Budget, the Governors proposed budget for FY21-22 recognizes a recurring increase in state expenditures from the General Fund in the amount of $1,000,000, beginning in FY21-22. This bill requires the state board, in consultation with the department, to promulgate rules to establish additional guidelines and requirements for foundational literacy skills plans. Tennessee Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a bill to clarify portions of the state's obscenity law after controversies over public drag performances. The fiscal memorandum must be matched to any amendments that have been adopted. Representatives voting no were: Beck, Camper, Chism, Clemmons, Dixie, Freeman, Glynn, Hakeem, Hardaway, Harris, Hemmer, Jernigan, Johnson G, Love, McKenzie, Miller, Mitchell, Parkinson, Powell, Towns -- 20. At least two of these three must have a minimum of ten years of construction or highway engineering design experience, and at least one of these two members must have a valid professional engineering license. Short title. Representatives present and not voting were: Bricken, Pearson, Richey -- 3. For any student in kindergarten through grade three who is determined to have a significant reading deficiency, based on the results of the universal reading screener most recently administered to the student, this bill requires the LEA or public charter school to notify the student's parent in writing. If the lessor or former owner provides the required information, the department or the department's contractor may send a notice of nonpayment to the lessee or new owner at the address provided within 30 days of receipt of the required information from the lessor and must follow the procedures established for collection of unpaid fees and administrative fees. This amendment requires that prior to January 1, 2024, and prior to each January 1 after, the department of transportation must submit a report to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives, on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund. Representatives voting no were: Beck, Camper, Chism, Clemmons, Dixie, Glynn, Hakeem, Hardaway, Harris, Hemmer, Jernigan, Johnson G, Love, McKenzie, Miller, Mitchell, Parkinson, Powell, Shaw, Thompson, Towns -- 21. Incumbent Republican Senator Bill Frist, the Majority Leader, retired after two terms in office. The cost for pre-construction services must not be considered part of the 30 percent but may be considered a specialty item. Representatives voting no were: Chism, Clemmons, Dixie, Freeman, Glynn, Hakeem, Hardaway, Harris, Hemmer, Jernigan, Johnson G, Jones, McKenzie, Miller, Mitchell, Parkinson, Powell, Shaw, Thompson -- 19. A user fee, allowable increases, or the method for setting variable user fees on managed lanes, imposed or collected on a user fee facility on a state highway that is the subject of a user fee development agreement must be set in the user fee facility development agreement. This amendment establishes an exception to the violation of driving through a user fee facility without payment of the fees if the registered owner of the vehicle was a lessor of the vehicle at the time the user fee was incurred or if the registered owner of the vehicle transferred ownership of the vehicle to another person before the event of nonpayment. Upon or prior to the issuance of any bonds, and until such time as the bonds are no longer outstanding under the resolution or indenture providing for the issuance of the bonds, the department must collect, or cause to be collected, such user fees and must revise the user fees from time to time whenever necessary, to produce revenue, together with other moneys that may be available, sufficient to: (1) Provide for all costs of the development and operation of the user fee facility project, including reasonable reserves; and (2) Pay when due all bonds and interest on the bonds, obligations under hedging agreements and ancillary agreements, and other indebtedness incurred by the state for the payment of which the user fees have been pledged, charged, or otherwise encumbered, and interest thereon, including reasonable reserves. This amendment adds to what occurs if an agreement on the GMP cannot be met, requiring that if an agreement on the GMP is unable to be reached for a PDB, then the PDB must relinquish and assign ownership of its design work product to the department, the department must take ownership of an assume liability for the design work product, and the commissioner may: (1) Employ the PDB's design consultant or another design consultant to complete the final design and proceed with construction of the project through the low bid procurement process; or (2) Use the PDB's design consultant's work product, or a part of it, to proceed with construction of the project through a design-build procurement process and, if another design consultant or design-builder completes the final design, the other design consultant to design-builder must assume responsibility for the final design. B ill: History Text Actions Companions Amendments Authors Sponsors Captions Bill Stages. If the federal government subsequently elects to decrease any or all taxes or fees on all-electric vehicles after implementation, then the additional registration fee must be increased by an amount equal to the amount of the decrease by the federal government. ADOPTED AMENDENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3, AS AMENDED. Under present law, Phase 3 requires that upon completion of the evaluation process, each member of the selection committee must independently review and score the proposals. 02/24/2021. Tennessee Majority Leader Jack Johnson, who filed the. Projects not suited for the CM/GC process include routine maintenance and resurfacing projects or other construction projects that present a low level of technical complexity, a low level of risk management, and simple traffic phasing, and that do not have any compelling need for project acceleration. The selection committee, for Phase 1, must have eight members. SB0003 by Johnson - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur Amend# 1 by Johnson 3/2/2023, Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0011), Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/2/2023, Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 19, PNV 0, Engrossed; ready for transmission to House, Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6, Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0002), Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/9/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/6/2023, Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0, Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/31/2023, Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments, Introduced, Passed on First Consideration, H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2023, Placed on cal. This amendment authorizes the department to award performance-based asset maintenance contracts in addition to design-build contracts. NOTE: Each fiscal memorandum applies only to the amendment(s) identified in the memorandum. Clemmons requested to be recorded as voting NoHB0321 by Lamberth - HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. Representatives voting no were: Beck, Camper, Chism, Clemmons, Dixie, Freeman, Glynn, Hakeem, Hardaway, Harris, Hemmer, Jernigan, Johnson G, Love, Miller, Mitchell, Parkinson, Powell, Shaw, Thompson, Towns -- 21. Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Literacy Success Act"; requires LEAs to provide foundational literacy skills instruction, provide reading interventions and supports, and administer universal reading screeners to students in kindergarten through grade three to improve reading proficiency. The board must meet at the call of the chair. Jan 20, 2023 | Senate Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Jan 12, 2023 | Senate Introduced, Passed on First Consideration The commissioner may either accept the selection committee's recommendation of the best-evaluated proposer, or the commissioner may reject all proposals and proceed with construction of the project through any lawful method for procuring a construction services contract. Other projects that are suited for CM/GC are projects that have public involvement, third-party considerations such as acquisition of right-of-way or utility relocation issues, or other factors that impact the overall schedule. The scores will be tallied and averaged according to the procedure established in the RFP; provided, however, that the scores of the two selection committee members giving the highest and lowest scores on a proposal must be excluded when computing the average score for each proposal. TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION BOARD This amendment establishes the transportation modernization board to consist of five voting members as follows: (1) One member to be appointed by the governor, whose initial term will be six years; (2) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, whose initial term will be five years; (3) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the senate, whose initial term will be three years; (4) The governor, ex officio, or the governor's designee; and (5) The commissioner of transportation, ex officio, or the commissioner's designee. Senate Bill 320. (Democrat 1-0) Status: Failed on April 20 2021 - 100% progression Action: 2021-04-20 - Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee Text: Latest bill text . Special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters "(a) Definitions.In this section "(1) the term 'firefighter' means an employee who "(A) is a firefighter within the meaning of section 8331(21) or section 8401(14); The department is authorized, with board approval, to set user fees or establish the method for setting variable user fees for the use of managed lanes, subject to resolutions or indentures authorizing bonds. Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF] Summary As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Information Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 66 and Title 67. This bill prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from using instructional materials created to align with common core academic standards in implementing the requirements of this bill concerning foundational literacy skills plans.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT This bill requires the department to develop at least one professional development course on foundational literacy skills instruction that is available, at no cost, to teachers in kindergarten through grade five that may be used by teachers to earn professional development points. LegiScan is an impartial and nonpartisan legislative tracking and reporting service utilizing GAITS and LegiScan API, SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0, https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0073&ga=113, https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0073.pdf, https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0408.pdf, https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0300.pdf, https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0073.pdf, https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM1127.pdf, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023, Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023, Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0, Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2023, Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2023, Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2023, Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2023, Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee, Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments, Introduced, Passed on First Consideration. State lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 1 and Senate Bill 3 on Wednesday. to Transportation Committee, Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/8/2023, Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee, Ref. Primary Votes Mar 28, 2022 FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) Pass Senate Mar 15, 2022 SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/15/2022 Passed Pass Senate Mar 07, 2022 The full text of this bill specifies six components that each foundational literacy skills plan must include. if am., ref. Edited by Paige Cowett and Lexie Diao. Representatives voting no were: Beck, Camper, Chism, Clemmons, Dixie, Freeman, Glynn, Hakeem, Hardaway, Harris, Hemmer, Jernigan, Johnson G, Love, McKenzie, Miller, Mitchell, Parkinson, Powell, Towns -- 20. Instead, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to declare the property surplus if the commissioner determines that the purpose of its acquisition has been completed and that the property is no longer needed by the department of transportation or another state agency, and may sell it to any adjoining property owner or the former owner of that property, for an amount representing not less than the fair market value, together with costs; provided, however, that the department of transportation may convey the property or any interest in the property by negotiated sale or disposal to any legal governmental body for a public use purpose, subject to reversion to the department of transportation for failure to continue public ownership and use. If more than one adjoining property owner is interested in purchasing the right-of-way, the interested adjoining property owners must submit sealed bids to the department of transportation, with the minimum bid price being the fair market value determined by appraisal, and the property may be conveyed to the adjoining property owner offering the highest responsive bid. for pass. This amendment deletes this provision. Tennessee Senate Bill 378 . The proposals must be submitted in rank order to the commissioner. TENNESSEE MODERNIZATION ACT FUNDING AND REPORTING This amendment establishes a fund to be known as the "transportation modernization fund" that is a segregated account within the state treasury. to Transportation Committee 2/8/2023Voice Vote - Ayes Prevail. Dec. 21, 2022, 5:20 AM PST By Andrew Davis At 5 Points Diner & Bar in Nashville, Tenn., drag performer Veronika Electronika can often be seen strutting between brunch tables. LEAs and public charter schools using English language arts textbooks or instructional materials from the list approved for adoption by the state board in 2019, or that received a waiver, will not immediately be required to adopt or purchase additional English language arts textbooks or instructional materials to comply with this bill. Johnson G. requested to be recorded as voting No. This amendment provides that the department has sufficient proof of nonpayment upon: (1) Proof that a vehicle was driven through a user fee collection facility without payment of the user fee, which may include, but is not limited to, testimony of a law enforcement officer, or evidence obtained through the use of an open road user fee system installed by the department or its contractor; and (2) Proof that the person was the registered owner, lessee, or subsequent owner, which may include, but is not limited to, records of the department of revenue or the analogous department of another state or country, or information provided by a lessor or previous owner. As enacted, regulates the production and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoids, including products known as delta-8 and delta-10. This amendment also adds "PDB" after any reference to "CM/GC" in the four phases. This amendment requires that, beginning January 1, 2027, if the federal government implements any taxes or fees on all-electric vehicles and allocates those taxes or fees to the federal highway trust fund, then the additional registration fee for all-electric vehicles must be adjusted so as to account for the tax or fee assessed by the federal government.
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