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TNHB2188PassAs enacted, makes revisions to law relating to the sentencing of a defendant who commits a nonviolent property offense on or after July 1, 2010. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
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2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1038
TNHB1924PassAs enacted, increases the penalty for indecent exposure from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the person was confined in a penal institution at the time of the commission of the offense and the offense was committed with the intent to abu...
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2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1049
TNHB1663PassAs introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2022.
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
TNHB1920PassAs enacted, extends the percentage of a misdemeanor sentence that a court may require a defendant to serve from 75 percent to 100 percent. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41, Chapter 21, Part 2.
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
TNHB0381Intro

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As introduced, adds as an enhancement factor to be used in determining the sentence for a criminal offense that the defendant is an adult and committed the offense with a minor, regardless of whether the minor was convicted of the offense. - Amends T...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2363PassAs enacted, enacts "Ledford's Law," which requires the terms and conditions of parole for a prisoner convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide to specifically include that the prisoner, upon release, is prohibited from possessi...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 671
TNHB2513Intro

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As introduced, creates a sentencing enhancement factor for a defendant who wears a mask or other device that conceals the defendant's identity during the commission of an offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2821Intro

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As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less ...
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2024-03-26
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB7078Intro

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As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order a defendant convicted of stalking, aggravated stalking, or especially aggravated stalking to carry or wear a global positioning monitoring system device and, unless the defendant is indigent, pay th...
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2023-08-22
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB7057Intro

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As introduced, creates an alternative sentencing pilot program for children adjudicated delinquent who are under 25. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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2023-08-22
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB0114PassAs enacted, allows a court to sentence a defendant convicted of two or more criminal offenses to consecutive sentences if the defendant is sentenced for criminal offenses involving more than one victim and the court finds that a separate consecutive ...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 481
TNHB0385PassAs enacted, requires the superintendent or jail administrator to notify the department of corrections of the amount of sentence reduction credits for good institutional behavior that a convicted felon should receive for the felon's time incarcerated ...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427
TNHB0577PassAs enacted, adds as a factor the court may consider for the purpose of enhancing a defendant's sentence upon conviction of a criminal offense, consideration of whether the defendant committed the offense of aggravated assault or attempted first degre...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0031Intro

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As introduced, adds the offense of rape to the offenses for which a defendant is not eligible for probation under the Tennessee Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
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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
TNHB1171Intro

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As introduced, specifies that when sentencing a minor convicted as an adult, a court may impose a sentence less than the minimum under law; prohibits courts from sentencing juvenile offenders to life without the possibility of parole; authorizes mino...
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2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB0277Intro

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As introduced, directs TACIR to conduct a study comparing the length of sentences imposed on individuals currently incarcerated with current sentencing guidelines, and identify any disparities between sentences imposed for similar offenses; requires ...
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2023-03-07
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0060Intro

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As introduced, extends, from five working days to 10 working days, the time within which the clerk of a court sentencing a person to a special alternative incarceration unit must mail to the department of correction a certified copy of the sentence a...
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2023-01-12
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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