HB 1459 Tennessee House · 113th Regular Session (2023-2024)

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2023 Last action May 24, 2023
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Total actions
18
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2023
lower
Apr 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Debra Moody
RRepublican
TN
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