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2021 TN S.B. 109

Title - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,Title 40 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41, relative to school discipline.

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Confers immunity from civil liability upon a teacher, principal, school employee, or school bus driver properly using reasonable force to correct or restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another person.

2019 TN S 8001 b

Title - Governmental Entity

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Prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity's jurisdiction during a public demonstration, declares a gov...

Prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity’s jurisdiction during a public demonstration, declares a governmental entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by the governmental entity intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area during a public demonstration.

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2019 TN S 8012 b

Title - Law Enforcement

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Requires law enforcement officers and agents to clearly identify themselves as officers or agents, as applicable, when arresting a person during a protest or demonstration.

2019 TN H 8010 b

Title - Law Enforcement

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Requires law enforcement officers and agents to clearly identify themselves as officers or agents, as applicable, when arresting a person during a protest or demonstration.

2019 TN H 8006 b

Title - Governmental Entity

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Prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity's jurisdiction during a public demonstration, declares that ...

Prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity’s jurisdiction during a public demonstration, declares that a governmental entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by the governmental entity intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area during a public demonstration.

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2019 TN HJR 1212

Title - Memorial Resolution

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Honors the memory of George Floyd of Minnesota.

2019 TN HJR 1212

Title - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of George Floyd of Minnesota.

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Resolves to pass a memorial in honor of George Floyd.

2019 TN S 2941

Title - Body Cameras for Officers

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Requires law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for each officer, requires reporting of incidents of use of force, officer resignations, stops by officers, and unannounced entries into residences, requires termination of employment of any office...

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for each officer, requires reporting of incidents of use of force, officer resignations, stops by officers, and unannounced entries into residences, requires termination of employment of any officer convicted of or found civilly liable for certain acts, prohibits the use of chokeholds by officers.

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2019 TN H 2936

Title - Body Cameras

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Requires law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for each officer, requires reporting of incidents of use of force, officer resignations, stops by officers, and unannounced entries into residences, requires termination of employment of any office...

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for each officer, requires reporting of incidents of use of force, officer resignations, stops by officers, and unannounced entries into residences, requires termination of employment of any officer convicted of or found civilly liable for certain acts, prohibits the use of chokeholds by officers.

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2019 TN HJR 1208

Title - George Floyd Scholarship Fund

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Urges every college and university in the State of Tennessee to establish a George Floyd Scholarship Fund.

2019 TN S 2409

Title - SENATE BILL 2409

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Extends the applicability of the Racial Profiling Prevention Act,requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report certain data on persons stopped for traffic violations,makes other related revisions.

2019 TN S.B. 2892

Title - SENATE BILL 2892

Law Number - 2019 TN S.B. 2892

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Increases, a specified amount, the pay supplement a police officer is entitled to receive in 2020 upon successful completion of 40 hours of in service training.