Tennessee Senate Bill 14

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5, relative to sexual assault evidence collection kits.

Sen. London Lamar [D]	Sen. Janince Bowling [R]	Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]	Sen. Brent Taylor [R]
Sen. Jeff Yarbro [D]

2023-04-13 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-13 - Senate - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03		Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
2023-05-03		Pub. Ch. 249
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2023-04-19	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2023-04-18	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-04-17	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-04-14	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2023-04-13	House	Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
2023-04-13	House	Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0332)
2023-04-13	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2023-03-23	House	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2023-03-21	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2023-03-20	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-20	Senate	Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0
2023-03-20	Senate	Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0075)
2023-03-20	Senate	Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0155)
2023-03-16	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
2023-03-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
2023-03-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
2023-02-28	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/7/2023
2023-02-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
2023-02-14	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2023
2023-02-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
2023-01-20	Senate	Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-01-11	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
2023-01-11	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-12-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0024 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 249

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0014&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0014.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0249.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0075.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0155.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0014.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0377.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0562.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0014&ga=113