Tennessee House Bill 338 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-10 - Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, provides that if a prisoner is granted parole based on the requirement that the prisoner complete a pre-release program, class, coursework, or other activity, and the program, class, coursework, or activity cannot be commenced at no fault of the prisoner within one month of parole, the board must immediately release the prisoner under GPS monitoring pending completion of an eligible community-based program based on a risk and needs assessment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 28, relative to parole.

Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-10	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2021-02-10	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2021-02-08	House	Intro., P1C.
2021-01-20	House	Filed for introduction

SB0265 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-10 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0338&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0338.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB0265.pdf