TN HB1262 | 2009-2010 | 106th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-29 - Taken Off Notice For Cal. in: Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Summary

As introduced, redefines the offense of child endangerment to be when a parent or custodian of a child eight years of age or less negligently exposes such child to or negligently fails to protect such child from abuse or neglect resulting in physical injury to the child and expands the definition of "serious bodily injury" for purposes of the offense of aggravated child abuse to include a broken bone of a child if the child was eight years of age or less at the time the offense occurred. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 39, Chapter 11 and Title 39, Chapter 15.

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Title

As introduced, redefines the offense of child endangerment to be when a parent or custodian of a child eight years of age or less negligently exposes such child to or negligently fails to protect such child from abuse or neglect resulting in physical injury to the child and expands the definition of "serious bodily injury" for purposes of the offense of aggravated child abuse to include a broken bone of a child if the child was eight years of age or less at the time the offense occurred. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 39, Chapter 11 and Title 39, Chapter 15.

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-04-29 Taken Off Notice For Cal. in: Judiciary Committee
2009-04-22 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 04/29/2009
2009-04-22 Rec. for pass. if am. by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
2009-04-15 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD for 04/22/2009
2009-04-15 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD to 4/22/2009
2009-04-08 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD for 04/15/2009
2009-02-24 Assigned to s/c Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD
2009-02-19 P2C, ref. to Judiciary
2009-02-18 Intro., P1C.
2009-02-12 Filed for intro.

Same As/Similar To

SB1532 (Crossfiled) 2009-02-18 - P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.

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