Tennessee Senate Bill 1390

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, allows a child to be committed to the custody of the department of children's services if the child is adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would constitute a misdemeanor if committed by an adult and the child has previously been adjudicated delinquent for another listed offense; requires an officer to make efforts to contact a child's parent or guardian when issuing the child a misdemeanor citation in lieu of continued custody, if the officer deems it appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 39, relative to juveniles.

Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-03-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
2023-03-21	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
2023-03-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-02-01	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1348 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-07 - Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1390&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1390.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB1348.pdf