Tennessee Bills

sponsored by John Gillespie

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 34 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.
Dec 11 2024 Filed For Introduction
Dec 11 2024
HB 33 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with an offense that involved the use or display of a firearm or resulted in the serious bodily injury or death of the victim; requires a magistrate who determines that the presumption has been rebutted to include in the bail order written findings for each factor considered in making such a determination. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Dec 11 2024 Filed For Introduction
Dec 11 2024
HB 2206 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes the import or export of human remains by law enforcement agencies for the purpose of human remains detection training if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 38 and Title 68.
Jan 25 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1054
Jun 03 2024
HB 1718 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires any conditions of release imposed on certain felony defendants to include a requirement that the defendant submit to pretrial monitoring to ensure compliance with the conditions; requires the court to order bail to be forfeited and an arrest warrant issued if the defendant does not comply with conditions of release; limits, to criminal or circuit court judges, those who may release a defendant who has been arrested for failure to comply with the conditions of release. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Jan 09 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1055
Jun 03 2024
HB 2814 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5.
Jan 31 2024 Pub. Ch. 1000
May 29 2024
HB 1930 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, enacts the "Parental Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4.
Jan 23 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 943
May 13 2024
HB 1719 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Jan 09 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 869
May 13 2024
HB 2618 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Charitable Institutions - As enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general related to policies and strategies related to cash bail, unless such contract or memorandum of understanding is required by statute, to disclose to the speakers the list of persons or entities that have donated to the nonprofit organization in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Jan 31 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 816
May 09 2024
HJR 1502 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Death - Alfonso Perea -
Apr 24 2024 Signed By Governor.
May 09 2024
HB 1716 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge in which the judicial commissioners are supervised by the general sessions judges, the management and supervision of any judicial commissioners appointed pursuant to this section must rotate between the general sessions judges having criminal jurisdiction in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.
Jan 09 2024 Pub. Ch. 786
May 01 2024
HB 909 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, extends annuity and insurance death benefits to the estate and surviving family members of a commissioned reserve law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty; immunizes such officers from tort liability under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8 and Title 29.
Jan 30 2023 Returned To The Clerk's Desk.
Apr 17 2024
HJR 1137 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Death - John Stokes -
Mar 20 2024 Signed By Governor.
Apr 09 2024
HB 1931 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local governmental entity or official from adopting or enacting a resolution, ordinance, or policy that prohibits or limits the ability of a law enforcement agency to conduct traffic stops based on observation of or reasonable suspicion that the operator or a passenger in a vehicle has violated a local ordinance or state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Jan 23 2024 Pub. Ch. 631
Apr 03 2024
HB 1822 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, changes the reporting month from January to March for when the attorney general and reporter must report information about orders for wiretapping and electronic surveillance to the administrative office of the United States courts, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Section 40-6-308.
Jan 11 2024 Pub. Ch. 618
Apr 03 2024
HB 1717 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Judicial Officers - As enacted, requires, upon request of the county legislative body, the judicial commissioners to submit any relevant information to the county legislative body at least seven days before the public hearing. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Jan 09 2024 Pub. Ch. 616
Apr 03 2024
HB 1933 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, prohibits the release of a person charged with a Class A or B felony on their own recognizance; requires a magistrate to set bail for a person charged with a Class A felony at $20,000 or more and for a person charged with a Class B felony at $10,000 or more. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Jan 23 2024 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Criminal Justice Committee
Apr 03 2024
HB 1720 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases from Class E and Class D to a Class C felony the classification of theft of a firearm valued at less than $60,000 and related offenses; specifies that it is a Class C felony to receive, possess, store, barter, sell, transfer, or dispose of a stolen firearm or firearm ammunition. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Jan 09 2024 Failed In S/C Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Criminal Justice Committee
Apr 03 2024
HB 1932 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, specifies that punishment for organized retail theft or shoplifting should not be less than a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 68.
Jan 23 2024 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Criminal Justice Committee
Apr 03 2024
HJR 685 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Tennessee to specify the duties of the sheriff, trustee, register, county clerk, and assessor of property. -
Nov 15 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways, And Means Committee
Mar 27 2024
HB 1620 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Law Enforcement - As enacted, deletes the July 1, 2024, termination date for Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021, allowing a law enforcement agency to continue to use a drone to search for and collect evidence or obtain information with the consent of a private property owner, in case of a natural emergency, or to investigate a crime that is occurring or has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021.
Dec 12 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 524
Mar 15 2024

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