Bill Sponsors: TN SB0524 | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly

Bill Title: As enacted, requires any person convicted of a felony and sentenced to a local jail or workhouse to also be sentenced to participate in the jail's work program, if any; and allows sheriff to opt county or individual inmates out of these provisions for various reasons such as security, health or inmate or financial condition of county. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 168 [SB0524 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Janince Bowling [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-016FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Art Swann [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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