HB0252 - Tennessee - Sexual Offenders

Companion Bill SB0230. Sexual Offenders - Creates class of "child sexual predators" composed of persons convicted of certain sexual offenses and requires that upon a second or subsequent conviction for these offenses the person must serve 100 percent of sentence imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for *HB0252 / SB0230Increase State Expenditures - $2,036,900 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0252 / SB0230 Under present law, any person who is convicted one or more times of rape of a child or two or more times of rape or aggravated rape must serve the entire sentence imposed by the court, undiminished by sentence reduction credits, parole, or early release due to prison overcrowding. This bill classifies any person who is convicted two or more times of any combination of the [...]

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