Tennessee Senate Bill 2791 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-10 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
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.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2020-02-06	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-02-06	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1961 (Crossfiled) 2020-02-26 - Def. to Summer Study in Corrections Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2791&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2791.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB1961.pdf