TN SB1477 | 2009-2010 | 106th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-18 - P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Summary

As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that strangulation causes serious bodily injury and defines strangulation as using one's hands or other means to impede or attempt to impede the normal breathing or circulation of another by applying pressure to the neck. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-102.

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Title

As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that strangulation causes serious bodily injury and defines strangulation as using one's hands or other means to impede or attempt to impede the normal breathing or circulation of another by applying pressure to the neck. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-102.

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-02-18 P2C, ref. to S. Jud Comm.
2009-02-12 Intro., P1C.
2009-02-12 Filed for intro.

Same As/Similar To

HB1891 (Crossfiled) 2010-02-11 - Sponsor change.

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