SB-2616: As introduced, creates the Class E felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a law enforcement officer, first responder, or healthcare provider while that person is engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Hensley
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/17/2020
You have voted SB-2616: As introduced, creates the Class E felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a law enforcement officer, first responder, or healthcare provider while that person is engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13..
HB-2653: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of disseminating a photograph of an inmate at a state penal institution that was taken during a visitation period. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 47.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver
Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 06/11/2020
You have voted HB-2653: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of disseminating a photograph of an inmate at a state penal institution that was taken during a visitation period. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 47..
HB-2585: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to notify the department of children's services when a person under 18 years of age is taken into custody for suspicion of committing the offense of prostitution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Beck
Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 06/04/2020
You have voted HB-2585: As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to notify the department of children's services when a person under 18 years of age is taken into custody for suspicion of committing the offense of prostitution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5..
HB-2564: As introduced, clarifies the definition of a child care agency for purposes of drug-free school zones. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
Sponsored by: Rep. Yusuf Hakeem
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/10/2020
You have voted HB-2564: As introduced, clarifies the definition of a child care agency for purposes of drug-free school zones. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49..
HB-2620: As introduced, raises the permissible fine for aggravated assault to no more than $15,000, in addition to any authorized term of imprisonment. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Gant
H. Placed On Regular Calendar For 6/18/2020 on 06/17/2020
You have voted HB-2620: As introduced, raises the permissible fine for aggravated assault to no more than $15,000, in addition to any authorized term of imprisonment. - Amends TCA Title 39..
SB-2403: As introduced, increases the penalty for failure of a driver involved in a motor vehicle accident to stop at the scene of the accident from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony when the person knew or should have known that the accident resulted in injury. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee To 12/1/2020 on 06/09/2020
You have voted SB-2403: As introduced, increases the penalty for failure of a driver involved in a motor vehicle accident to stop at the scene of the accident from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony when the person knew or should have known that the accident resulted in injury. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55..
HB-2762: As introduced, requires each district attorney general to make a one-time report on or before February 1, 2021, to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives as to the number of cases the district attorney general is handling in their jurisdiction regarding reports of threats to school employees and reports of threats of harm communicated in a school setting. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.
Sponsored by: Rep. G.A. Hardaway
Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 06/18/2020
You have voted HB-2762: As introduced, requires each district attorney general to make a one-time report on or before February 1, 2021, to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives as to the number of cases the district attorney general is handling in their jurisdiction regarding reports of threats to school employees and reports of threats of harm communicated in a school setting. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49..
SB-2396: As introduced, creates the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, private detention facility, local jail, or workhouse; increases the penalty for aggravated assault against those persons when they are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40 and Title 41.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Hensley
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/10/2020
You have voted SB-2396: As introduced, creates the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, private detention facility, local jail, or workhouse; increases the penalty for aggravated assault against those persons when they are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40 and Title 41..
HB-2750: As introduced, creates the Class E felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a law enforcement officer, first responder, or healthcare provider while that person is engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sabi Kumar
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Judiciary Committee on 05/27/2020
You have voted HB-2750: As introduced, creates the Class E felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a law enforcement officer, first responder, or healthcare provider while that person is engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13..
SB-2549: As introduced, provides that a person's use of force in self-defense is not justified if the person was engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor, rather than unlawful activity, at the time of the use of force. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Jackson
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/10/2020
You have voted SB-2549: As introduced, provides that a person's use of force in self-defense is not justified if the person was engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor, rather than unlawful activity, at the time of the use of force. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611..
HB-2741: As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of simple possession of marijuana for persons with a valid, state-issued medical marijuana identification card who obtained the marijuana pursuant to a valid physician's recommendation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Clemmons
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Judiciary Committee on 05/27/2020
You have voted HB-2741: As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of simple possession of marijuana for persons with a valid, state-issued medical marijuana identification card who obtained the marijuana pursuant to a valid physician's recommendation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4..
SB-2441: As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of simple possession of marijuana for persons with a valid, state-issued medical marijuana identification card who obtained the marijuana pursuant to a valid physician's recommendation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee To 12/1/2020 on 06/09/2020
You have voted SB-2441: As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of simple possession of marijuana for persons with a valid, state-issued medical marijuana identification card who obtained the marijuana pursuant to a valid physician's recommendation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4..
HB-2753: As introduced, reduces from 1,000 feet to 500 feet the drug-free school zone surrounding real property comprising a public or private elementary school, middle school, secondary school, preschool, or child care agency or public library, recreational center, or park. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432.
Sponsored by: Rep. John DeBerry
Assigned To S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee on 02/11/2020
You have voted HB-2753: As introduced, reduces from 1,000 feet to 500 feet the drug-free school zone surrounding real property comprising a public or private elementary school, middle school, secondary school, preschool, or child care agency or public library, recreational center, or park. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432..
HB-2769: As introduced, adds the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act to the meaning of predatory offenses for purposes of sentencing a person as a child sexual predator. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver
Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 06/04/2020
You have voted HB-2769: As introduced, adds the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act to the meaning of predatory offenses for purposes of sentencing a person as a child sexual predator. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5..
HB-2786: As introduced, extends, from January 15 to January 20, the date on which the fiscal review committee must provide a report to the general assembly on whether increases in the cost of living and changes in income for Tennessee residents are commensurate with the amount of fine deserved for the offense committed under the criminal sentencing reform act. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bud Hulsey
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/10/2020
You have voted HB-2786: As introduced, extends, from January 15 to January 20, the date on which the fiscal review committee must provide a report to the general assembly on whether increases in the cost of living and changes in income for Tennessee residents are commensurate with the amount of fine deserved for the offense committed under the criminal sentencing reform act. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35..
SB-2554: As introduced, requires that a person convicted of the offense of aggravated assault involving the use of a deadly weapon to be punished one classification higher than otherwise provided if the violation was committed by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Jackson
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee To 3/24/2020 on 03/10/2020
You have voted SB-2554: As introduced, requires that a person convicted of the offense of aggravated assault involving the use of a deadly weapon to be punished one classification higher than otherwise provided if the violation was committed by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13..
SB-2434: As introduced, clarifies the definition of a child care agency for purposes of drug-free school zones. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/10/2020
You have voted SB-2434: As introduced, clarifies the definition of a child care agency for purposes of drug-free school zones. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49..
SB-2525: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of possession of a firearm while in possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance or drug paraphernalia used to manufacture such a substance. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Briggs
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/10/2020
You have voted SB-2525: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of possession of a firearm while in possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance or drug paraphernalia used to manufacture such a substance. - Amends TCA Title 39..
SB-2534: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of disseminating a photograph of an inmate at a state penal institution that was taken during a visitation period. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 47.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/17/2020
You have voted SB-2534: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of disseminating a photograph of an inmate at a state penal institution that was taken during a visitation period. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 47..
SB-2363: As introduced, enhances the punishment for assault by one classification if the assault is committed against a first responder. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ferrell Haile
Action Deferred In Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/17/2020
You have voted SB-2363: As introduced, enhances the punishment for assault by one classification if the assault is committed against a first responder. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1..