Tennessee House Bill 894 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-22 - Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, includes a domestic relationship between the victim and the defendant as an aggravating factor in sentencing for first degree murder; adds strangulation as an aggravating factor for reckless aggravated assault; expands aggravated assault to include reckless strangulation; requires law enforcement agencies to implement written policies requiring officers to screen victims of domestic violence; directs TACIR to study domestic violence prosecutions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 38 and Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to domestic violence.

Rep. Sam McKenzie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-22	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2021-02-22	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee-- Finance, Ways, & Means Committee
2021-02-11	House	Intro., P1C.
2021-02-09	House	Filed for introduction

SB0199 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-08 - Withdrawn.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0894&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0894.pdf