Tennessee House Bill 1961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-26 - Def. to Summer Study in Corrections Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a person committed to jail to be kept separately from a person convicted of or charged with a sexual offense, a violent sexual offense, or a violent crime if the person committed to jail has or demonstrates an intellectual or developmental disability; requires jail employees to be trained on recognizing intellectual and developmental disabilities and proper procedures for dealing with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

As introduced, requires a person committed to jail to be kept separately from a person convicted of or charged with a sexual offense, a violent sexual offense, or a violent crime if the person committed to jail has or demonstrates an intellectual or developmental disability; requires jail employees to be trained on recognizing intellectual and developmental disabilities and proper procedures for dealing with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

Rep. Mark Hall [R]

Rep. Dan Howell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-26	House	Def. to Summer Study in Corrections Subcommittee
2020-02-19	House	Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
2020-02-12	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Corrections Subcommittee of State Committee
2020-02-05	House	Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 2/12/2020
2020-01-31	House	Assigned to s/c Corrections Subcommittee
2020-01-30	House	P2C, ref. to State Committee
2020-01-29	House	Intro., P1C.
2020-01-28	House	Filed for introduction

SB2791 (Crossfiled) 2020-02-10 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1961&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1961.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB1961.pdf