Tennessee Senate Bill 2785

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-01 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, clarifies when a person, who has been sentenced to the punishment of death and the jury has determined that the sentence must be expedited, has concluded any appeal and exhausted all available methods of post-conviction relief; requires a person sentenced to the punishment of death to file any post-conviction appeal within 180 days of the original sentence and any unsuccessful direct appeal; requires the attorney general and reporter to notify the defendant and the defendant's attorney when two or more appeals may be filed simultaneously. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 375 of the Public Acts of 2023.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 375 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to the death penalty.

Sen. Janince Bowling [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-01	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-03-27	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
2024-02-05	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-02-01	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2585 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-03 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2785&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2785.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2585.pdf