Events in March 2021
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February 28, 2021
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March 1, 2021(2 events) Authorizes the state treasurer to establish a length of service award program for eligible employers to participate in a deferred compensation plan for bona fide volunteers. Specifies that the commissioner of finance and administration, the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house, and the state treasurer shall serve as trustees for the length of service award program if established. HB612 - R. Gant - 02/20/21 - Referred to House Cities & Counties Subcommittee House Hearing Room III Adds nurses to the assault against a first responder who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties statute. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 26, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT HB864 - J. Chism - 02/20/21 - Referred to House Criminal Justice Subcommittee. Senate Chamber, Senate Floor |
March 2, 2021(1 event) Requires revenue anticipation notes have approval by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Establishes renewal timeline for unpaid notes. Makes exemptions for FHA loans or any other direct lending department of the government of the United States. Makes other revisions to provisions governing bonds and notes issued by local governments (20 pp.). SB539 - B. Watson - 02/11/21 - Referred to Senate State & Local Government Committee. House Hearing Room III |
March 3, 2021(4 events) Increases the penalty for assault of a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. Fiscal Note: (Dated February4, 2021) Increase State Expenditures $7,370,500 Incarceration* Decrease Local Expenditures $611,100/FY21-22 and Subsequent Years SB358 - J. Hensley - 02/10/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Hearing Room II Specifies that the county mayor has the authority to establish and implement health policies that affect the entire county during a county-wide health emergency. Directs the county health director, health officer, and board of health to provide advice to the mayor to develop the policies. Applies only in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, Sullivan, and Madison counties. Fiscal Note: (Dated December 1, 2020) NOT SIGNIFICANT SB15 - M. Bell - 01/13/21 - Referred to Senate Health & Welfare Committee. House Hearing Room I – Sets requirements for exemptions from contractor licensing requirements for real property owners who intend to construct a residential building on that real property. Requires notice of construction made to the board for licensing contractors and the register of deeds. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 23,2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT SB275 - P. Rose - 02/10/21 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee. House Hearing Room III – Punishment for first-degree murder- Limits the punishment a jury can consider for a defendant convicted of first-degree murder committed against law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or rescue workers engaged in the performance of their official duties to death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. Amendment Summary: House Criminal Justice Subcommittee amendment 1 (003894) adds a section clarifying that juries are to be instructed that a defendant who receives a sentence of life imprisonment is not eligible for parole consideration until they serve at least 51 full calendar years of their sentence, instead of 25 full calendar years. Fiscal Note: (Dated February 5, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT SB841 - J. Johnson - 02/22/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sentencing of attempted first degree murder- Allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against any law enforcement officer, correctional officer, department of correction employee, probation and parole officer, emergency medical or rescue worker, emergency medical technician, paramedic, or firefighter who was engaged in the performance of official duties. Fiscal Note: (Dated February 5, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT SB842 - J. Johnson - 02/22/21 - Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Hearing Room II |
March 4, 2021
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March 5, 2021
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March 6, 2021
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March 7, 2021
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March 8, 2021
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March 9, 2021(6 events) Adds communications between a peer supporter providing critical incident stress management intervention and a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel to those communications that are considered confidential and for which a person cannot be called to testify or otherwise divulge. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 13, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT House Hearing Room II Authorizes the state treasurer to establish a length of service award program for eligible employers to participate in a deferred compensation plan for bona fide volunteers. Specifies that the commissioner of finance and administration, the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house, and the state treasurer shall serve as trustees for the length of service award program if established. House Hearing Room III – Sets requirements for exemptions from contractor licensing requirements for real property owners who intend to construct a residential building on that real property. Requires notice of construction made to the board for licensing contractors and the register of deeds. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 23, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT House Hearing Room I Authorizes the state treasurer to establish a length of service award program for eligible employers to participate in a deferred compensation plan for bona fide volunteers. Specifies that the commissioner of finance and administration, the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house, and the state treasurer shall serve as trustees for the length of service award program if established. Senate Hearing Room I Requires revenue anticipation notes have approval by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Establishes renewal timeline for unpaid notes. Makes exemptions for FHA loans or any other direct lending department of the government of the United States. Makes other revisions to provisions governing bonds and notes issued by local governments (20 pp.). House Hearing Room I Requires fire marshal to establish process for certification as an outdoor fireworks display operator, proximate pyrotechnic display operator, or flame effect display operator. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 21, 2021) Decrease State Revenue Net Impact - $6,700/FY21-22 and Subsequent Years/ State Fire Marshal's Office Senate Hearing Room I |
March 10, 2021(3 events) Increases the penalty for harassment if the person committed the offense because of the victim's actual or perceived employment as a first responder. Defines "first responder" for the purposes of harassment to mean a correctional officer employed by the department of corrections, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a law enforcement officer, or any other person who responds to calls for emergency assistance. Broadly captioned. House Hearing Room II Adds nurses to the assault against a first responder who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties statute. House Hearing Room II Limits the punishment a jury can consider for a defendant convicted of first-degree murder committed against law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or rescue workers engaged in the performance of their official duties to death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. Amendment Summary: House Criminal Justice Subcommittee amendment 1 (003894) adds a section clarifying that juries are to be instructed that a defendant who receives a sentence of life imprisonment is not eligible for parole consideration until they serve at least 51 full calendar years of their sentence, instead of 25 full calendar years. Fiscal Note: (Dated February 5, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT House Hearing Room II |
March 11, 2021
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March 12, 2021
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March 13, 2021
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March 14, 2021
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March 15, 2021(1 event) Authorizes the state treasurer to establish a length of service award program for eligible employers to participate in a deferred compensation plan for bona fide volunteers. Specifies that the commissioner of finance and administration, the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house, and the state treasurer shall serve as trustees for the length of service award program.
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March 16, 2021(4 events) Adds communications between a peer supporter providing critical incident stress management intervention and a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel to those communications that are considered confidential and for which a person cannot be called to testify or otherwise divulge. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 13, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT House Hearing Room II HB772 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Payments to volunteer firefighters for completing an in-service training course. Provides annual $600 payments to volunteer firefighters who complete an inservice training course of at least 40 hours duration and appropriate to their rank, responsibility and the size and location of their department. Defines "volunteer firefighter" as an unpaid member of a fire department that is recognized by the state fire marshal and is required to extinguish and control fires. Part of Administration Package. HB335 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Compensation paid to firefighters for certain conditions or injuries. Adds leukemia and testicular cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by leukemia, testicular cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. HB105 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Residency requirements as condition of employment for first responder. Prohibits a local government from having residency requirements as a condition of SB29 - B. Kelsey - 03/04/21 - Senate passed with amendment 1 (003761) and amendment 2 (004082). Amendment 1 replaces this bill's prohibition against local governments establishing House Hearing Room II Authorizes the state treasurer to establish a length of service award program for eligible employers to participate in a deferred compensation plan for bona fide volunteers. Specifies that the commissioner of finance and administration, the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house, and the state treasurer shall serve as trustees for the length of service award program if established. House Hearing Room I Requires fire marshal to establish process for certification as an outdoor fireworks display operator, proximate pyrotechnic display operator, or flame effect display operator. Fiscal Note: (Dated January 21, 2021) Decrease State Revenue Net Impact - $6,700/FY21-22 and Subsequent Years/ State Fire Marshal's Office Senate Hearing Room I |
March 17, 2021(4 events) HB1074 CRIMINAL LAW: Penalty for assault of a first responder. Increases the penalty for assault of a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. Fiscal Note: (Dated HB864 - CRIMINAL LAW: Assault against a first responder includes nurses. Adds nurses to the assault against a first responder who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties statute. House Hearing Room II – Requires revenue anticipation notes have approval by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Establishes renewal timeline for unpaid notes. Makes exemptions for FHA loans or any other direct lending department of the government of the United States. Makes other revisions to provisions governing bonds and notes issued by local governments (20 pp.). House Hearing Room III Specifies that the county mayor has the authority to establish and implement health policies that affect the entire county during a county-wide health emergency. Directs the county health director, health officer, and board of health to provide advice to the mayor to develop the policies. Applies only in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, Sullivan, and Madison counties. Amendment Summary: House amendment 1 to 1 (004445) amends provisions of Amendment 003975 to establish county boards of health act solely in advisory roles to county mayors during public health emergencies, as determined by the county mayor. House amendment 1 (003975) deletes and rewrites all language after the enacting clause such that the substantive changes: (1) establish statewide applicability; and (2) remove primacy prescribed to regulations of county boards of health over certain local ordinances. Fiscal Note: (Dated December 1, 2020) NOT SIGNIFICANT HB7 - J. Zachary - 03/08/21 - House passed with amendment 1 to 1 (004445) and amendment 1 (003975). Amendment 1 to 1 amends provisions of Amendment 1 to establish county boards of Senate Hearing Room I Increases the penalty for harassment if the person committed the offense because of the victim's actual or perceived employment as a first responder. Defines "first responder" for the purposes of harassment to mean a correctional officer employed by the department of corrections, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a law enforcement officer, or any other person who responds to calls for emergency assistance. Broadly captioned. House Hearing Room II |
March 18, 2021
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March 19, 2021
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March 20, 2021
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March 21, 2021
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March 22, 2021
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March 23, 2021
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March 24, 2021
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March 25, 2021
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March 26, 2021
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March 27, 2021
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March 28, 2021
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March 29, 2021
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March 30, 2021
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March 31, 2021
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April 1, 2021
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April 2, 2021
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April 3, 2021
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