Tennessee House Bill 2010 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-04-06 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, allows for the filing of a petition for post-conviction relief alleging actual innocence based on new evidence when other forms of review are not applicable; requires a court to vacate and set aside a conviction if the court determines the petitioner has shown that no reasonable judge or juror would have convicted the petitioner of the offense if the new evidence had been known by the judge or jury at the time guilt was determined or at the time of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 40.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27 and Title 40, relative to evidence.

Rep. Jeremy Faison [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-06	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
2022-03-30	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
2022-03-30	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2022
2022-03-23	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
2022-03-23	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
2022-03-16	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
2022-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2022-01-31	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2022-01-27	House	Intro., P1C.
2022-01-26	House	Filed for introduction

SB1976 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-22 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2010&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2010.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB2010.pdf