You have voted HB-2182: As introduced, directs the commissioner of economic and community development, in consultation with the commissioner of health to study issues relating to “food deserts” and the lack of access to healthy food in rural areas of this state; requires report to the general assembly by January 15, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53 and Title 68..

You have voted HB-2080: As introduced, authorizes a pilot program to terminate on January 1, 2030, which allows the department to make grants and loans to governmental entities for financing food desert relief enterprises in low-income, underserved areas; deposits the revenue generated by a certain percentage of the food sales tax rate levied on retail sales of sugar-sweetened beverages to a special fund for financing the grants and loans. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6..

You have voted HB-1934: As introduced, enacts the "Post-NAFTA Recovery Zone Act"; authorizes state tax exemptions for companies that locate to Tennessee from another state, make certain capital investments, and construct new facilities in recovery zones within Morgan, Fentress, Jackson and Overton counties. - Amends TCA Title 67..

You have voted HB-1873: As enacted, requires, for any FastTrack grant or loan contract awarded after July 1, 2014, the department of economic and community development to publish all baseline reports or annual reports filed with the department on its web site within 90 days of receipt; requires that a one-time report be filed for certain FastTrack grants or loans awarded between May 27, 2005, and January 1, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 4..

You have voted HB-1341: As enacted, authorizes .25 percent fee on sale of goods and services within a central business improvement district located wholly within a tourism development zone in metropolitan governments for the purpose of convention recruitment, event promotion and security. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67..

You have voted HB-1166: As introduced, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution, permits local governing bodies to permit certain business owners paying tangible personal property taxes to make quarterly installment payments; authorizes the department of economic and community development to make grants to counties for the purpose of marketing and other revitalization efforts for certain areas in the county. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 54 and Title 67..

You have voted HB-1086: As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Support of Entrepreneurship Act of 2013." - Amends TCA Title 4..

You have voted HB-680: As introduced, requires the department to allocate 50 percent of its yearly budget to the creation, expansion, preservation and development of small businesses with less than 100 employees beginning July 1, 2014; requires governor to annually recommend such appropriations in the budget document presented to the general assembly beginning in fiscal year 2014-2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 14; Title 4, Chapter 26; Title 4, Chapter 28; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 7, Chapter 55; Title 7, Chapter 88; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9, Chapter 20, Part 1; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51; Title 11, Chapter 11; Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 13, Chapter 3; Title 13, Chapter 14; Title 13, Chapter 16; Title 13, Chapter 18; Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 4; Title 54, Chapter 18; Title 64, Chapter 8; Title 66, Chapter 9 and Title 67..

You have voted HB-658: As enacted, abolishes the industrial finance corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 17 and Section 13-23-403..

You have voted HB-378: As enacted, requires the department of economic and community development to execute a separate agreement in conjunction with any FastTrack economic development grant or loan contract that reserves the right of the department to recover the amount of money, grants, funds, or other incentives disbursed by the department, in whole or in part, if the person or entity benefitting from such money, grants, funds, or other incentives fails to fulfill the commitments made by such person or entity to the department. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 64, Chapter 6..

You have voted HB-149: As enacted, clarifies what is considered to be "private land" or "land expected to become privately owned" for purposes of present law prohibition against Fast Track infrastructure grants being applied to private land or to land expected to become privately owned. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7..

You have voted SB-3696: As introduced, extends specified deadlines for curing noncompliance under the Tennessee Small Business Investment Company Credit Act from 60 days to 65 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 3; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 67, Chapter 1..

You have voted SB-3512: As introduced, requires commissioners of economic and community development and revenue to study effects of tax incentives on industrial and tourism development and issue a report to the governor and legislature by January 15, 2013. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 7, Chapter 88..

You have voted SB-3425: As introduced, requires department of economic and community development to study feasibility of creating an inner-city small business fund and report its findings to the general assembly by February 15, 2013. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 13..

You have voted SB-3369: As introduced, requires the commissioner of economic and community development to annually report to certain committees in the general assembly by February 1 of each year concerning data compiled from each agency that receives public funding to assist small businesses..

You have voted SB-2727: As enacted, requires the state agency responsible for processing applications for grant funds relating to workforce development to accept electronic signatures in the same manner as it accepts physical signatures. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 14; Title 47, Chapter 10 and Title 50..

You have voted SB-2206: As enacted, clarifies purposes of FastTrack programs; requires certain reports be submitted to secretary of state; revises other provisions governing The Tennessee Job Growth Act of 2005. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-715; Section 4-3-716 and Section 4-3-717..

You have voted SB-2134: As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to ensure the full development of the West Tennessee megasite; appropriates funds for such purpose. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 6..

You have voted SB-1943: As introduced, deletes provisions concerning Tennessee board for economic growth serving as an advisory commission to the commissioner of economic and community development as board was repealed in 2009; requires commissioner to report on job creation programs and opportunities to finance, ways and means committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 67..

You have voted SB-1795: As introduced, requires certain economic development contracts to be submitted to the chief executive officer of the affected jurisdiction and to the state treasurer within 15 days of the execution of such agreement rather than 10 days. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 17..