Sen. Brent Taylor

Primary SB 2592

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, increases the amount of time both parents or a guardian have to make a written application for a hearing challenging a local school board's order placing a student in a certain public school from within 10 days after an assignment order to within 15 days after an assignment order. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2600

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As introduced, changes, from January 15 to March 1, the date by which the commissioner of health, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and any other state agency involved in the administration of the safety net program, is required to report to the general assembly on data relating to access to care and safety net adequacy related issues. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7073

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any disposition otherwise provided for juveniles and a period of an adult disposition to be served after the child turns 19 and which ends on or before the child's 24th birthday; requires the juvenile court to hold a transfer hearing if a juvenile offender is 16 or more but less than 18 at the time of the alleged conduct and is alleged to have committed certain offenses; requires the juvenile court to transfer the juvenile to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult if the court makes certain findings; provides for an automatic de novo review by the criminal court of a juvenile court's decision denying a transfer to adult criminal court. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023.

Passed Aug 29, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7027

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any disposition otherwise provided for juveniles and a period of an adult disposition to be served after the child turns 19 and which ends on or before the child's 24th birthday; requires the juvenile court to hold a transfer hearing if a juvenile offender is 16 or more but less than 18 at the time of the alleged conduct and is alleged to have committed certain offenses; requires the juvenile court to transfer the juvenile to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult if the court makes certain findings; provides for an automatic de novo review by the criminal court of a juvenile court's decision denying a transfer to adult criminal court. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023 and Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2023.

Passed Aug 29, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7033

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a bail hearing, which must be open to the public, before a defendant who has been arrested or held to answer for a bailable offense may be admitted to bail. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Passed Aug 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7028

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a bail hearing, which must be open to the public, before a defendant who has been arrested or held to answer for a bailable offense may be admitted to bail. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Passed Aug 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7030

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee bureau of investigation to inspect files and records of the court in a juvenile court proceeding for the purposes of complying with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 34; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.

Passed Aug 22, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7060

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires juvenile offenders alleged to have committed certain offenses and meeting certain other criteria to be transferred to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult; authorizes an appeal for such transfers. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 40 and Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023.

Passed Aug 22, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7084

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires juvenile offenders alleged to have committed certain offenses and meeting certain other criteria to be transferred to adult criminal court for disposition as if the juvenile were an adult; authorizes an appeal for such transfers. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 40 and Chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 2023.

Passed Aug 22, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 7062

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee bureau of investigation to inspect files and records of the court in a juvenile court proceeding for the purposes of complying with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 and the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 34; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.

Passed Aug 22, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track