HB1404 - Tennessee - Criminal Offenses

Companion Bill SB0127. Criminal Offenses - Expands Class A misdemeanor of escaping from a penal institution to those persons lawfully being held for a civil offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-16-605. Fiscal Summary for HB1404 / *SB0127Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1404 / *SB0127 ON FEBRUARY 28, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 127, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the offense a Class A misdemeanor of the person was being held for a misdemeanor offense and a Class C misdemeanor if the person was being held for a civil offense. ON APRIL 2, 2007, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 127 FOR HOUSE BILL 1404, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 127, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes the provisions [...]

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