Senate Bill 2140 / House Bill 2809, limiting the authority of courts to recognize implied private rights of action, has been signed into law by Governor Haslam. The final version was significantly amended. As enacted, the bill does not eliminate any existing implied private rights of action but does prevent cour…
The Senate and House have both passed Senate Bill 2232 / House Bill 2370, an Administration bill defining "nexus" for purposes of imposing salese tax liability. After being signed by the Speakers, it will be sent to the Governor for his signature.
Senate BIll 2207 / House Bill 2345, the Administration's bill to make confidential economic development due diligence materials submitted to the state, is set for action regular calendar in the Senate Monday …
The Administration has introduced its appropriations package making supplemental appropriations for state government for the current fiscal year and making appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012. The package consists of four bills: the appropriations bill itself (Senate BIll 3768 / House Bill 3835), the bond bill (Senate Bill 3769 / House Bill 3836), the "indexing" bill (Sen…
Senate Bill 2418 / House Bill 2552 expresses the "legislative intent" that the Governor's Proposed Budget include detailed information on all capital improvement and capital maintenance projects of $1 million or more. It is based on a desire for greater knowledge by legislators of proposed capital projects prior t…