Tennessee Senate Bill 355 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-17 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, specifies that the agency employing a law enforcement officer who dismantles or damages a motor vehicle during the course of a search under the civil forfeiture law is responsible for restoring the vehicle to its original condition at the time of the search if the driver or passengers are not charged with a criminal offense and nothing is seized, the forfeiture warrant is denied, or if the agency does not meet its burden of proof at the forfeiture hearing. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2.

As introduced, specifies that the agency employing a law enforcement officer who dismantles or damages a motor vehicle during the course of a search under the civil forfeiture law is responsible for restoring the vehicle to its original condition at the time of the search if the driver or passengers are not charged with a criminal offense and nothing is seized, the forfeiture warrant is denied, or if the agency does not meet its burden of proof at the forfeiture hearing. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2.

Sen. Paul Bailey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-17	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2015-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2015
2015-02-11	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2015-02-09	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2015-02-03	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0284 (Crossfiled) 2015-03-25 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0355&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/SB0355.pdf