TN HB1459 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-24 | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347 | |
| 2023-04-19 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-04-19 | House | Comp. SB subst. |
| 2023-04-17 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-04-13 | House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023 |
| 2023-04-12 | House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2023 |
| 2023-04-11 | House | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee |
| 2023-04-05 | House | Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023 |
| 2023-04-04 | House | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2023-03-29 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023 |
| 2023-03-28 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023 |
| 2023-03-22 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023 |
| 2023-03-21 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023 |
| 2023-03-15 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 |
| 2023-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-02 | House | P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2023-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-31 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB1056 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-24 - Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
