Roll Call: TN SB1796 | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly
For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB1796 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: As enacted, enacts the "Chris Newsom Act", which creates presumption to successor trial and appellate judges that if the original trial judge dismisses the jury following a unanimous verdict, that the judge exercised his or her duties as the 13th juror and approves the verdict. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 18, Part 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-22 - Pub. Ch. 694 [SB1796 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Bill Title: As enacted, enacts the "Chris Newsom Act", which creates presumption to successor trial and appellate judges that if the original trial judge dismisses the jury following a unanimous verdict, that the judge exercised his or her duties as the 13th juror and approves the verdict. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 18, Part 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-22 - Pub. Ch. 694 [SB1796 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Vote: FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 31 | 7 | 24 |
| Nay | - | - | - |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 31 | 7 | 24 |
