Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires, by February 1 of each year, the department to submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that provides the number of individuals for whom a court enhanced their statutory penalty because either the conviction is for the commission of a violent crime and the defendant was an illegal alien or the conviction involved the use or display of a deadly weapon and the defendant was an illegal alien. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55.
This bill requires Tennessee's Department of Safety to submit an annual report by February 1 to the governor and legislative leaders. The report must detail how many times courts increased penalties for two specific scenarios: convictions involving violent crimes with undocumented immigrants as defendants, or convictions involving deadly weapons with undocumented immigrants as defendants. It mandates statewide totals and county-by-county breakdowns for these cases. The bill does not change existing penalty laws but establishes a new data-collection requirement for transparency.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Last action Feb 12, 2025
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Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
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Party
State
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Jack Johnson
RRepublican
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