TN HB2811 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-26 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-26 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, allows for the filing of a petition for post-conviction relief alleging actual innocence based on new evidence when a petition has not been previously filed and determined based on the same evidence; requires a court to vacate and set aside a conviction if the court determines the petitioner has shown it is more likely than not 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.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27 and Title 40, relative to evidence.
Sponsors
| Rep. Bud Hulsey [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-26 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2024-03-20 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2024 |
| 2024-03-19 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2024 |
| 2024-03-13 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-05 | House | P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB2848 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-19 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
