Tennessee Senate Bill 7027 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-08-22 - Lay on the Table
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any disposition otherwise provided for juveniles and a period of an adult disposition to be served after the child turns 19 and which ends on or before the child's 24th birthday; requires the juvenile court to hold a transfer hearing if a juvenile offender is 16 or more but less than 18 at the time of the alleged conduct and is alleged to have committed certain offenses; requires the juvenile court to transfer the juvenile to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult if the court makes certain findings; provides for an automatic de novo review by the criminal court of a juvenile court's decision denying a transfer to adult criminal court. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to juvenile offenders.

Sen. Brent Taylor [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-22	Senate	Lay on the Table
2023-08-22	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-08-21	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 8/22/2023
2023-08-21	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-08-21	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB7073 (Crossfiled) 2023-08-29 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7027&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB7027.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB7073.pdf