Tennessee Senate Bill 2757

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, enacts the Restoration of Dignity for the Elderly Act, which requires the department to create a five-year pilot program for the release of elderly inmates to home detention; defines an elderly inmate as a person who is 60 years of age or older, has served a minimum of 65 percent of the sentence imposed, is not serving a sentence for a violent sexual offense or more than one conviction for first degree murder or facilitation of first degree murder, and is not serving a sentence of imprisonment for life without parole. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to the release of offenders.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-02	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-04-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
2024-04-01	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
2024-03-27	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
2024-02-05	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-02-01	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2833 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-26 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2757&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2757.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2833.pdf