Tennessee House Bill 24

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 249
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5, relative to sexual assault evidence collection kits.

Rep. Bob Freeman [D]	Rep. John Clemmons [D]	Rep. Vincent Dixie [D]	Rep. G.A. Hardaway [D]
Rep. Jason Powell [D]	Rep. Caleb Hemmer [D]	Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]	Rep. Karen Camper [D]
Rep. Dwayne Thompson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 249
2023-04-13	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-13	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-06	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
2023-04-05	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
2023-03-30	House	Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to Next Calendar
2023-03-29	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
2023-03-28	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-22	House	Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2023
2023-03-21	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-03-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-03-06	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-01-12	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-01-12	House	Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-11	House	P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2023-01-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-03	House	Filed for introduction

SB0014 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Effective date(s) 04/28/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0024&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0024.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0249.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0332.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0014.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0562.pdf