Bill Sponsors: TN SB0030 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly

Bill Title: As enacted, enacts the "Ben Woodruff and Mike Locke Act," which requires a person who commits aggravated vehicular homicide on or after July 1, 2015, to serve 60 percent of the sentence imposed before becoming release eligible; provided, however, that the person must serve at least 45 percent of the sentence imposed after sentence-reduction credits are applied. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-26 - Pub. Ch. 433 [SB0030 Detail]

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

Sponsors

NameTypeContactPhoneDistrictSponsorshipState ProfileFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Doug Overbey [R]PrimaryInactiveInactiveSD-002Sponsored BillsInactiveFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Janince Bowling [R]CosponsorEmail615-741-6694SD-016Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Stevens [R]CosponsorEmail615-741-4576SD-024Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mark Norris [R]CosponsorInactiveInactiveSD-032Sponsored BillsInactiveFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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