TN HB1256 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, removes the permanent deprivation of the right of suffrage upon conviction of certain infamous crimes; changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for an infamous crime to a temporary suspension of voting rights for the period of confinement, probation, or parole; automatically restores a person's voting rights upon release from confinement, probation, or parole. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 40, relative to voting rights.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-05 - House - HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee (Y: 5 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-05 | House | Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024 |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/5/2024 |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2024 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2023-03-29 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023 |
| 2023-03-28 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-03-28 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023 |
| 2023-03-27 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-03-27 | House | Sponsor change. |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023 |
| 2023-03-21 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023 |
| 2023-03-15 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 |
| 2023-03-09 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-02 | House | P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2023-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-31 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB1241 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-29 - Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to first calendar of 2024
