HB0284 - Tennessee: Sexual Offenders

Companion Bill SB0295. Sexual Offenders - Adds rape of a child and aggravated rape of a child to felony murder offenses elevating a murder to first degree murder and requires misdemeanor probation officers to determine if new probationer is on the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for HB0284 / *SB0295Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0284 / *SB0295 This bill classifies the killing of another in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate rape of a child, or aggravated rape of a child, as first degree murder. Under present law, first degree murder is punished by death, life imprisonment without possibility of parole, or life imprisonment. This bill also requires any person [...]

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