Bill Title: As introduced, requires that a person convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, must serve 100 percent of the sentence imposed if the sentencing court finds that the murder involved torture beyond that necessary to inflict death or it involved kidnapping the victim and the person was never charged with kidnapping. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee [HB1203 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative John Ragan [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Courtney Rogers [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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