Bill Sponsors: TN HB1545 | 2019-2020 | 111th General Assembly

Bill Title: As introduced, directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the homicide rate of African-American victims in this state to determine the causes of the state's high rate, whether legislative action is necessary to address those causes, and ways in which the state and local governments can work together to reduce the rate; requires TACIR to make its report to the general assembly by January 31, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - Action def. in Judiciary Committee to TACIR [HB1545 Detail]

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

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Rick Staples [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-015FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Yusuf Hakeem [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-028FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-093FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Jesse Chism [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-085FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Antonio Parkinson [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-098FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator London Lamar [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-033FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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