| TN | SB0624 | Pass | As enacted, makes revisions to the law relevant to juvenile courts and proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 01/01/2025 |
| TN | SB2146 | Pass | As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call with the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian and one 30-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 993 |
| TN | SB2507 | Pass | As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child's parent, guardi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2571 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Parental Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2696 | Pass | As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 888 |
| TN | SB1664 | Pass | As enacted, requires the juvenile court to include in the disposition for a juvenile who has been found to have made a threat to commit mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity, in addition to any other disposition authorized ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2626 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the juvenile court to transfer a child to the sheriff of the county to be held according to law and dealt with as an adult in the criminal court if the child is charged with an offense involving theft of a firearm or a felony ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2415 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits a juvenile court to transfer a child to criminal court to be tried as an adult at any age if the child is charged with a second or subsequent criminal gang offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024 |
| TN | SB0877 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes an extended juvenile court jurisdiction pilot project through which a juvenile court in Davidson County or Shelby County may choose to proceed with a case against a juvenile that could be transferred to criminal court as an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Re-refer to S. Cal Comm |
| TN | SB2569 | Pass | As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 635 |
| TN | SB1577 | Pass | As enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB2759 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the time frame within which each delinquent child ordered to probation supervision or committed to the custody of the department must undergo a validated risk and needs assessment to inform supervision levels, referrals to prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB7105 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes a pilot program under which a juvenile court may retain jurisdiction over a child until the child's twenty-fifth birthday and impose a sentence upon the child that could be imposed if the offense was committed by an adult; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB7109 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a pilot program under which a juvenile court may retain jurisdiction over the child who was adjudicated delinquent for an offense that was eligible to be transferred to criminal court; allows the court to impose a sentence upon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB7010 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires juvenile offenders 16 years of age or more who are alleged to have committed certain offenses and meeting certain other criteria to be transferred to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult. - Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7027 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any disposition otherwise provided for juveniles and a period of an adult dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7084 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires juvenile offenders alleged to have committed certain offenses and meeting certain other criteria to be transferred to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult; authorizes an appeal for such transfe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7062 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 years of age or more at the time of the offense, to include burglary involving the theft of a firearm o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7061 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 or older at the time of the offense, to include theft of a firearm or attempt to commit theft of a fire...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB0183 | Pass | As enacted, requires mental health evaluation and treatment for juveniles who commit aggravated animal cruelty under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0611 | Pass | As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a juvenile 16 years of age or older to a criminal court of competent jurisdiction to be tried as an adult for committing the offense of escape from a youth development center approved, certified, or lic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB1222 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a juvenile court to order a child who has requested the expunction of the child's juvenile court records to undergo a mental health evaluation and use the evaluation results to assist in determining whether expunction would ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Sponsor change. |
| TN | SB1159 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the period in which a juvenile and the juvenile's parents must receive notice of a hearing to transfer the juvenile to adult court from 14 days prior to the hearing to 15 days prior to the hearing. - Amends TCA Title 16; Titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0509 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits interrogation or interview of a child who has been taken into custody due to suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct except in the presence of the child's legal counsel, parent, guardian, or cust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0889 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts persons being adjudicated in juvenile court from various fees associated with court proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 16, Chapter 20; Title 37, Chapter 11; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 40, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1390 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a child to be committed to the custody of the department of children's services if the child is adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would constitute a misdemeanor if committed by an adult and the child has previously been...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0015 | Engross
Sine Die | As introduced, requires an audiovisual recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB0929 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that an interview or interrogation of a child taken into custody for a delinquent act must be recorded or conducted in the presence of an attorney who represents the child. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 38, Chapte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1113 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts "Ed's Law"; requires a juvenile accused of certain criminal offenses to be transferred from juvenile court to criminal court to be tried as an adult if the juvenile court finds probable cause that the juvenile committed the act....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB0718 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction Act," which establishes a juvenile justice pilot program in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 40 and Title 41.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
