TN HB2444 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-24 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, without using an electronic monitoring device if the judge of the sentencing court and the sheriff of the county where the jail or workhouse is located approve the prisoner's release in writing. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 2.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 2, relative to persons convicted of a criminal offense.
Sponsors
| Rep. Michael Hale [R] | Rep. Rebecca Alexander [R] | Rep. Gary Hicks [R] | Rep. Patsy Hazlewood [R] |
| Rep. Paul Sherrell [R] | Rep. Rick Eldridge [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-04-24 | House | Comp. SB subst. |
| 2024-04-22 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-04-16 | House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024 |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2024 |
| 2024-03-27 | House | Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee |
| 2024-03-26 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-20 | House | Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/27/2024 |
| 2024-03-20 | House | Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/27/2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | House | Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/20/2024 |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 3/12/2024 |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Assigned to s/c Corrections Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-01 | House | P2C, ref. to State Government Committee |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB2536 (Crossfiled) 2024-05-16 - Transmitted to Governor for action.
