Tennessee House Bill 1348 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-07 - Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, allows a child to be committed to the custody of the department of children's services if the child is adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would constitute a misdemeanor if committed by an adult and the child has previously been adjudicated delinquent for another listed offense; requires an officer to make efforts to contact a child's parent or guardian when issuing the child a misdemeanor citation in lieu of continued custody, if the officer deems it appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 39, relative to juveniles.

Rep. Andrew Farmer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB1390 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-22 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1348&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1348.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB1348.pdf