DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid. [SB-933]
DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid. Requires that the compulsory training standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for persons employed as deputy sheriffs and jail officers by local criminal justice agencies include annual training in mental health first aid. This bill was incorporated into SB 940.
SB-933: DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Incorporated By Finance on 01/31/2017
HJR-20: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a vacancy of a district judge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton
Read First Time on 03/22/2017
You have voted HJR-20: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a vacancy of a district judge..
Grand larceny; threshold. [SB-923]
Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill was incorporated into SB816.
SB-923: Grand larceny; threshold.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/23/2017
HB-128: As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 83 on 04/11/2017
You have voted HB-128: As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1..
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. [SB-895]
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill was incorporated into SB935.
SB-895: Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017
Expungement of police and court records; costs. [SB-883]
Expungement of police and court records; costs. Relieves a person who petitions for the expungement of police and court records related to a crime of which the person was acquitted or the charge of which was otherwise dismissed from paying any fees or costs for filing such petition.
SB-883: Expungement of police and court records; costs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (14-y 1-n) on 01/23/2017
You have voted SB-168: Relating to the operations of the Department of Public Safety, Parks and Wildlife Department, and state military forces in the border region..
HB-117: Relating to ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; authorizing the imposition of costs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Anderson
Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/09/2017
You have voted HB-117: Relating to ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; authorizing the imposition of costs..
HB-176: Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Raymond
Read First Time on 02/14/2017
You have voted HB-176: Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search..