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passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1029: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1485: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds a requirement that a licensed medical laboratory reporting an offender's HIV test results to the victim of an assault also provide the victim with a written copy of the test results. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1479: Law Enforcement - As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38 and Title 39.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1322: Handgun Permits - As introduced, requires the department of safety to issue permits with the designation "Enhanced Handgun Carry Permit" on the front of the permit; requires the department to issue replacement permits for any permit that contains the designation "Handgun Carry Permit" upon renewal or upon the permit holder's request. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1869: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires clerks of court to collect and report a finding that a person is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding to the federal bureau of investigation and department of safety; prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective, including a person who has been found incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1880: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the criminal offense of possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of the offense of stalking, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1927: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits the largest municipality in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton county to regulate the manner of storage of firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm accessories by ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 1852: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly selling, loaning, or making a gift of a firearm to a minor for the purpose of inducing or coercing the minor to commit an offense; subjects a person convicted for such offense to civil liability for any criminal act committed by the minor. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 4; Title 37 and Title 39.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 2500: Victims' Rights - As introduced, expands the definition of crime for purposes of determining who is a victim entitled to constitutional and statutory victims' rights to include a violation of an order of protection, restraining order, or no contact order. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 13; Title 39 and Title 40.

Deferred to Summer Study

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 2034: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases, from $1,000 to $5,000, the fine for transporting into the state, for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, an individual who the person knows or should have known has illegally entered or remained in the United States, as determined by the bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of the United States department of homeland security. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 2757: Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the Restoration of Dignity for the Elderly Act, which requires the department to create a five-year pilot program for the release of elderly inmates to home detention; defines an elderly inmate as a person who is 60 years of age or older, has served a minimum of 65 percent of the sentence imposed, is not serving a sentence for a violent sexual offense or more than one conviction for first degree murder or facilitation of first degree murder, and is not serving a sentence of imprisonment for life without parole. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

passed · Tennessee · Senate Apr 2, 2024

SB 2884: Appeal and Review - As introduced, grants the district attorney general, in cases where a defendant has been sentenced to death and is seeking collateral or direct review of a conviction or sentence, exclusive control over the state's defense of the request for review, rather than the attorney general, and reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with such matter. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee