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
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 2, 2023
Signed May 5, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2023 · House Apr 19, 2023
How they voted
27–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 31
Apr 10, 2023
D
Democratic4
50% Nay
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 5, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0416)
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 20, PNV 0
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0268)
upper
Apr 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 2
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
upper
Feb 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Jackson
RRepublican
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