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Bill Title: As enacted, removes the authority of a magistrate to issue a temporary order of protection to the victim upon the arrest of a person for a domestic violence offense and replaces it with the requirement that, upon a finding that the arrested person is a safety threat to the alleged victim, the magistrate impose conditions of bail designed to protect the alleged victim. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Section 40-32-101.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-26 - Pub. Ch. 586 [HB1719 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2017-HB1719-Chaptered.pdf

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