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Bill Title: As enacted, requires courts to collect to order the collection and reporting of certain information regarding individuals who have been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution; clarifies that a person may not obtain a handgun carry permit if the person has been "judicially committed to a mental institution" instead of "committed to or hospitalized in a mental institution"; requires that certain notice be provided to persons detained for evaluation or treatment; revises various related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-07 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 578 [SB2236 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2009-SB2236-Draft.pdf

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