Tennessee Leger

Sen. Andy Berke (D-10) filed SB0279 which would require the state board of education to develop a green jobs vocational and technical education program. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Sen. Andy Berke (D-10) filed SB0269 which would enact the “Drinking Water Access and Resources Planning Act” to better insure all Tennesseans have access to safe drinking water. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Sen. Jim Tracy (R-16) filed SB0267 which would create a sales and use tax exemption for purchase of building supplies for construction of storm or tornado shelters purchased between July 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011. The exemption is similar to that already made for flood recovery. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls [...]

Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-30) filed SB0255 which would require any permit issued by the department of environment and conservation to specify the types of waste a facility is prohibited from receiving for disposal or processing; prohibits any person from knowingly accepting for disposal or processing certain nuclear or radioactive materials in any landfill. This is [...]

Rep. Charles Sargent (R-61) and Sen. Jack Johnson (R-23) filed HB0165/SB0248 which would establish that the Tennessee Regulatory Authority may regulate a non-utility following the sale or lease to the nonutility by the public utility if, 1) a complaint is filed with the attorney general and reporter or the division of consumer affairs of commerce [...]

Rep. Charles Sargent (R-61) and Sen. Jack Johnson (R-23) filed HB0166/SB0247 which would require an association or corporation not organized or doing business for profit, which provides water or sewer or both water and sewer for a residential development of single-family homes, to be regulated by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint [...]

Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D-89) and Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-30) filed HB0190/SB0246 which would prohibit the sale of baby food and infant formula in containers containing bisphenol A and the sale of all food and beverages in reusable containers containing bisphenol A beginning January 1, 2012. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email [...]

Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-30) filed SB0245 which would substitute the state’s definitions for federal law concerning low-level radioactive waste to prevent by-product material, source material and special nuclear material from being placed in landfills. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D-89) Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-30) HB0189/SB0244 would prohibit, beginning July 1, 2013, manufacture, sale, offer for sale or distribution in Tennessee of children’s products that contain cadmium at more than .004 percent by weight. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Rep. Glen Casada (R-63) and Sen. Jack Johnson (R-23) filed HB0030/SB0109 which would limit liability of apiarists under certain circumstances. Not only is the honey bee the official Tennessee agricultural insect, but in the words of Albert Einstein, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four [...]