TN HB2821 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 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, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, relative to criminal sentencing.
Sponsors
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 |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024 |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024 |
| 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
SB2768 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-05 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
