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TNSB0757PassAs enacted, generally requires, when a person is arrested, booked, or confined in the jail of a county or municipality, the arresting law enforcement agency and the keeper of a jail to collaborate to verify the citizenship status of the person and th...
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2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1128PassAs enacted, generally requires, when a person is arrested, booked, or confined in the jail of a county or municipality, the arresting law enforcement agency and the keeper of a jail to collaborate to verify the citizenship status of the person and th...
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2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1008
TNSB2243PassAs enacted, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the re...
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2024-05-09
Effective date(s) 04/29/2024
TNHB2460PassAs enacted, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the re...
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2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 811
TNSB1802PassAs enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district at...
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2024-05-09
Effective date(s) 04/29/2024
TNHB2611PassAs enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district at...
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2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
TNSB1152Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows for a sentence of death to be carried out by electrocution as an alternative to lethal injection if the commissioner of correction certifies to the governor that the department is unable to adhere to the lethal injection protoco...
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2024-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024
TNSB1453Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, removes the requirement for a defendant to pay a fee of $100 to the Tennessee bureau of investigation upon the defendant's request for diversion. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 40.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNHB1245Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows for a sentence of death to be carried out by electrocution as an alternative to lethal injection if the commissioner of correction certifies to the governor that the department is unable to adhere to the lethal injection protoco...
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB2380Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, authorizes a court to waive the costs to a petitioner who files a petition for restoration of the full rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2024-04-10
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Committee
TNSB2913Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, authorizes a court to waive the costs to a petitioner who files a petition for restoration of the full rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2024-04-09
Senate Reset on Final Calendar
TNHB2023Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, requires the arrest or search warrant being issued to include the contact information or telephone number of the law enforcement agency that issued the warrant. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 68.
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2024-04-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB2812Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to a justifiable use of force hearing prior to trial, at...
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2024-04-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNSB1898FailAs introduced, requires the arrest or search warrant being issued to include the contact information or telephone number of the law enforcement agency that issued the warrant. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 68.
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2024-03-27
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB0279FailAs introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support oblig...
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2024-03-26
Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB0687Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2024-03-26
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNSB1932Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows certain felony offenders to petition to have the offender's criminal history records sealed after completion of all requirements of sentencing and at least five years without being convicted of a new offense. - Amends TCA Title ...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB2106Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows certain felony offenders to petition to have the offender's criminal history records sealed after completion of all requirements of sentencing and at least five years without being convicted of a new offense. - Amends TCA Title ...
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2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB2757Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, changes from 20 days to 15 days the notice of a hearing on a petition for restoration of rights of citizenship that must be given to the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner currently resides and the district...
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2024-02-05
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNSB2736Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to a justifiable use of force hearing prior to trial, at...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB2201Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, extends from 30 days to 45 days the time within which the issuing judge is required to report to the attorney general following the expiration, extension, or denial of an order authorizing a wire, oral, or electronic interception. - Am...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB2356Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, extends from 30 days to 45 days the time within which the issuing judge is required to report to the attorney general following the expiration, extension, or denial of an order authorizing a wire, oral, or electronic interception. - Am...
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2024-02-01
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNSB2346Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, reduces from 20 days to 15 days, the amount of notice that a person rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of a state court must provide to the district attorney general in whose county the petitione...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB2521Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, reduces from 20 days to 15 days, the amount of notice that a person rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of a state court must provide to the district attorney general in whose county the petitione...
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2024-02-01
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNSB2469Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, changes from 20 days to 15 days the notice of a hearing on a petition for restoration of rights of citizenship that must be given to the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner currently resides and the district...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB1687Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, establishes a verdict of guilty but mentally ill that may be imposed by the trier of fact if, at the time of the commission of the act constituting a criminal offense, the defendant had the ability to appreciate the nature or wrongfuln...
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2024-01-31
Withdrawn.
TNSB2005Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, decreases from 60 to 30 days when the district attorney may submit recommendations to the court and the petitioner regarding a person's petition to expunge an offense. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 40.
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB2203Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, decreases from 60 to 30 days when the district attorney may submit recommendations to the court and the petitioner regarding a person's petition to expunge an offense. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 40.
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2024-01-31
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNSB2053Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, changes the reporting month from January to July for when the attorney general and reporter must report information about orders for wiretapping and electronic surveillance to the administrative office of the United States courts, the ...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB2201Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, changes the reporting month from January to July for when the attorney general and reporter must report information about orders for wiretapping and electronic surveillance to the administrative office of the United States courts, the ...
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2024-01-31
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0480Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows to be submitted electronically the investigatory report of a social service agency into the financial affairs of the accused, when the agency is ordered to conduct such investigation by a court having reasonable cause to believe...
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2024-01-23
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB7015Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, expands, from certain violent offenses to any felony offense, the offenses for which a person who has been arrested is required to have a biological specimen taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteris...
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2023-08-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB7101FailAs introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves others by having a firearm. - ...
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2023-08-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB7100FailAs introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or others by having a firearm....
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2023-08-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNSB7042Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves others by having a firearm. - ...
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2023-08-22
Lay on the Table
TNSB7029Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or others by having a firearm....
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2023-08-22
Lay on the Table
TNSB7087Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, expands, from certain violent offenses to any felony offense, the offenses for which a person who has been arrested is required to have a biological specimen taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteris...
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2023-08-22
Lay on the Table
TNSB0963PassAs enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, f...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 318
TNHB1081PassAs enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, f...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0290Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, removes the requirement for a defendant to pay a fee of $100 to the Tennessee bureau of investigation upon the defendant's request for diversion. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 40.
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2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNSB0320Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows to be submitted electronically the investigatory report of a social service agency into the financial affairs of the accused, when the agency is ordered to conduct such investigation by a court having reasonable cause to believe...
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2023-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB0574Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2023-04-04
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNSB0904Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support oblig...
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2023-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB0388Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB0888Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, prohibits members of the post-conviction defender oversight commission from advising, consulting, investigating, or otherwise directly assisting the post-conviction defender or the post-conviction defender's staff in providing legal re...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB0941Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, includes as an eligible petitioner for purposes of judicial diversion of criminal offenses, a person seeking deferral of proceedings for aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult or aggravated abuse of an elderly or vulnerab...
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2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNSB1317Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, includes as an eligible petitioner for purposes of judicial diversion of criminal offenses, a person seeking deferral of proceedings for aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult or aggravated abuse of an elderly or vulnerab...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNHB0911Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, changes from three years to 10 years, the time period during which a victim of aggravated rape or rape must notify law enforcement or the office of the district attorney general of the offense in order for the offender to be prosecuted...
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2023-02-07
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB1141Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, prohibits members of the post-conviction defender oversight commission from advising, consulting, investigating, or otherwise directly assisting the post-conviction defender or the post-conviction defender's staff in providing legal re...
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2023-02-07
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNSB1186Intro

Sine Die
As introduced, requires each law enforcement agency to post on the agency's website its written policy that prohibits racial profiling by its employees. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
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