Tennessee Senate Bill 2121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-09 - Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, revises and enacts various provisions regarding the rights of victims of sexually oriented crimes, including decreasing the time period within which a law enforcement agency must submit a sexual assault evidence collection (SAEC) kit to the TBI, requiring the TBI to begin analyzing an SAEC kit within 30 days of receipt, requiring the TBI to create a tracking system for SAEC kits, and prohibiting the use of forensic evidence against the victim in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 63.

As introduced, revises and enacts various provisions regarding the rights of victims of sexually oriented crimes, including decreasing the time period within which a law enforcement agency must submit a sexual assault evidence collection (SAEC) kit to the TBI, requiring the TBI to begin analyzing an SAEC kit within 30 days of receipt, requiring the TBI to create a tracking system for SAEC kits, and prohibiting the use of forensic evidence against the victim in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 63.

Sen. Janince Bowling [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-09	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020
2020-06-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
2020-06-02	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 6/9/2020
2020-06-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
2020-03-17	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee
2020-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2020-02-06	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-02-03	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2191 (Crossfiled) 2020-06-17 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/18/2020

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2121&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2121.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB2191.pdf