Tennessee House Bill 2812

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-04-03 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to a justifiable use of force hearing prior to trial, at which the prosecution has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the use of force was unlawful; requires the court to dismiss the criminal charges and find the defendant immune from criminal prosecution if the prosecution fails to meet that burden. - Amends TCA Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to use of force.

Rep. Bud Hulsey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-03	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
2024-03-27	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024
2024-03-27	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2024
2024-03-20	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2024
2024-03-19	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2024
2024-03-13	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
2024-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2024-02-05	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2024-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB2736 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-05 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2812&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2812.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2812.pdf