Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "April's Law" to clarify that a person who engages in sexual contact with a corpse commits the offense of abuse of a corpse, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2020
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Nov 30, 2020
Signed May 12, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2021 · House Mar 25, 2021
How they voted
27–0
Passed
Total votes 27
Apr 29, 2021
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
20
Committee
18
Amendments
1
May 12, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0017)
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Nov 30, 2020
Introduced
Filed for introduction
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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