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2 | Position Key | Resources | Link | This resource highlights library bills currently being actively tracked by Tennessee Library Association. For a complete listing of all bills, please visit the Tennessee General Assembly website. The "Latest Action" column denotes where each bill currently stands in the legislative process, organized by chamber. Email TLA Legislative Monitor (TLAlegislativemonitor@gmail.com) if you have questions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Watch | Tennessee General Assembly | https://www.capitol.tn.gov/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Under Review | Tennessee Code Unannotated (free) | http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | No Position | Find my Legislator | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/Apps/fml2022/search.aspx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Support | Tennessee Library Association | https://www.tnla.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Oppose | Tennessee Association of School Librarians | https://www.tasltn.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 | TLA Position | Bill Number & Sponsor | Link to Bill Text | Summary | Latest Action | Fiscal Notes / Amendments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 872 by the Secretary of State. | HB2348 (Rep Ragan) / SB 2610 (Sen Rose) | Amended Senate Bill approved | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits an entity supported in whole or in part by public funds from knowingly providing meeting spaces or other forums, including, but not limited to, electronic and print platforms, to a designated entity by which the designated entity may solicit material support, recruit new members, encourage violent action, or advocate divisive concepts; specifies a violation of the prohibition as a Class E felony, punishable only by a fine of up to $3,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13. | Signed by Governor. | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | SB1792 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1021 by the Secretary of State. | HB1614 (Rep Hazlewood) / SB 1792 (Massey) | HB1614 /SB1792 | As introduced, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47. | Signed by Governor. | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Under Review | SB2041 (Sen Rose) / HB 2159 (Sen Barrett) | SB 2041 / HB2159 | Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, specifies that a person or entity that produces, sells, sends, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable for damages to an injured party. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9. | House Action: Conf. comm. appointed. (Barrett, Todd, Capley, Doggett, Freeman) Senate Action:Conference Committee appointed. (Lamar, Lundberg, Rose, Stevens, Taylor) | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | HB0843 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 782 by the Secretary of State. | HB0843 (Rep Lynn) SB1060 (Sen Hensley) | Amendment makes the bill | Makes changes to the Age Appropriate Materials Act of 2022. Declares that certain materials are not appropriate for a student in any of the grades K-12 and prohibits such materials from being maintained in a school's library collection. Requires the material to be reviewed by each local board of education (LBE) and public charter school from which feedback was received to be reviewed within 60 days from the date the feedback was received. Declares that a determination made on whether the material was appropriate does not establish a contemporary community standard. Requires the Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission (Commission) to evaluate and determine whether a material in a school's library collection is appropriate upon request from certain persons who submitted feedback for material only if an LBE or public charter school governing body did not decide on a material for which it received feedback within 60 days. Requires the Commission to issue the Commission's determination in writing to each local education agency (LEA) and public charter school upon which each LEA or public charter school must comply. | Signed by Governor. | Fiscal Note to Amendment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | HB1828 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 720 by the Secretary of State. | HB 1828 (Rep Bulso) / SB 1822 (Sen Rose) | HA0543 Amendment 1-0 to HB1828 Fiscal Memo for HA0543 (11965) | State Symbols - As introduced, designates as official state books of Tennessee "Farewell Address to the American People" by George Washington; "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville; "Aitken Bible"; "The Papers of Andrew Jackson"; "Roots" by Alex Haley ; "A Death in the Family" by James Agee; "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren; "American Lion" by Jon Meacham; "The Civil War: A Narrative" by Shelby Foote; and "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton; requires the secretary of state to list the books in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. | Signed by Governor. | Fiscal Note -- Videos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | HB1921 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 580 by the Secretary of State. | HB1921 (Rep Lamberth) / SB 1667 (Sen Johnson) | HB1921 / SB 1667 | County Government - As introduced, specifies that the county mayor is not a member of the county commission for purposes of compliance with the Open Meetings Act. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 44. | Signed by Governor. | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | HB1632 (Rep Bulso) / SB1858 (Sen Haile) | SA0769 Amendment 1-0 to SB1858 | As introduced, gives a parent of a child who attends, or who is eligible to attend, a school operated by a local education agency or a public charter school standing to file a civil action against the LEA or public charter school in a chancery court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 38 | House Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Senate Action:Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | Fiscal Note Video from Committees | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Under Review - but did not make it to committee | HB1124 (Rep Sherrell) / SB1331 (Sen Bailey) | HB1124 / SB1331 | Open Meetings - As introduced, requires a governing body to provide members of the public the opportunity to comment at a meeting of the governing body if the meeting is open to the public pursuant to the Open Meetings Law and if members of the public give proper notice to the governing body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44 and Title 49. | House Action:Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee Senate Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Support - but did not make it to committee | SB2161 (Sen Yarbro) / HB2737 (Rep Hemmer) | SB2161 / HB 2737 | Libraries - As introduced, prohibits certain kinds of provisions in contracts and agreements between publishers and libraries related to the licensing of electronic literary materials. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18. | House Action: Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee Senate Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee | HB1904 (Rep Fritts) / SB2180 (Sen Hensley) | HB1904 / SB2180 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, exempts persons who are authorized to carry a firearm pursuant to an enhanced handgun carry permit or a concealed handgun carry permit from the criminal offense of possessing a firearm in a concealed manner at a meeting conducted by, or on property owned, operated, or managed or under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity that is properly posted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | House Action: No Action Taken Senate Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee | HB1661 (Rep Ragan)/ SB2173 (Sen Hensley) | HB1661 / SB2173 -- Link to 2/28 Amendment | As introduced, enacts the "Restricted Access by Minors to Obscene Library Materials Act." - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1 and Title 10, Chapter 3. | House Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee Senate Action: Deferred to Summer Study | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee | SB1717 (Sen Hensley) / HB1730 (Rep Capley) | SB1717 / HB1730 | As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist with the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3. | House Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee Senate Action:Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/13/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Signed by Governor. | HJR793 (Rep Jones) | HJR793 | Memorials, Recognition - Eddie Weeks, legislative librarian - | Signed by Governor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Signed by Governor. | SJR0806 | SJR0806 | Willetta Grady, Exceptional Service Award | Signed by Governor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Signed by Governor. | SJR 835 (Sen Jackson) | SJR 835 | General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Cherrye Robertson, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission - | Signed by Governor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Taken off Notice | HB 1377 (Rep. Ragan) / SB 1141 (Sen Hensley) | HB 1377 / SB 1141 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, creates a process by which certain individuals may file a complaint with an LEA or public charter school for the LEA's or public charter school's including or promoting certain prohibited concepts as part of a course of instruction, in a curriculum or instructional program, or by allowing teachers or other employees to use supplemental materials that include or promote certain prohibited concepts. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1019. | House Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Administration | Fiscal Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Taken off Notice | SB 1037 (Sen Stevens) / HB0746 (Rep 0746) | SB1037 / HB0746 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, removes the authorization for an individual, corporation, business entity, or local, state, or federal government entity to prohibit the possession of weapons by a person who is at a meeting conducted by or on property owned, operated, or managed or under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity; removes the criminal offense of possession of a weapon in a building or on property that is properly posted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | House Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee Senate Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | Fiscal Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | No House Sponsor by Deadline | SB1643 (Sen Pody) | SB1643 | As introduced, requires commercial entities that publish or distribute material on an internet website, more than one-third of which is sexual material harmful to minors, to verify that an individual attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older; prohibits a commercial entity or a third party that performs the age verification from retaining any identifying information of the individual. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68. | Senate Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | SB620 (Sen Pody) / HB1414 (Rep Todd) | SB620 / HB1414 | As introduced, enacts the "Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act," which declares that the ability of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of that parent’s child is a fundamental right. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49. | House Action: Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Senate Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Deferred to Summer Study | HB1661 (Rep Ragan)/ SB2173 (Sen Hensley) | HB1661 / SB2173 -- Link to 2/28 Amendment | As introduced, enacts the "Restricted Access by Minors to Obscene Library Materials Act." - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1 and Title 10, Chapter 3. | House Action: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee Senate Action: Deferred to Summer Study | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Deferred to Summer Study | SB2107 (Sen Pody) / HB2457 (Rep Lynn) | SB2107 / HB 2457 | Libraries - As introduced, requires the removal of sexually explicit material from the libraries of public schools; creates a process for evaluating library materials for sexually explicit material in public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. | House Action: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee Senate Action: Deferred to Summer Study | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no motion | SB2042 (Sen Rose) / HB2160 (Rep Barrett) | SB2042 / HB2160 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires a commercial entity that knowingly publishes or distributes on the internet material harmful to minors to provide internet or cellular service subscribers the opportunity to request that the commercial entity block website access through the subscriber's internet or cellular service subscription. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6 and Title 47, Chapter 18. | House Action:Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee Senate Action: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no motion | Fiscal Note | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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