HB1030 - Tennessee - Titles, Short, Victims' Rights

Companion Bill SB1121. Victims' Rights - Enacts the "Citizen's Right to Know: Pretrial Release Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38. Fiscal Summary for *HB1030 / SB1121Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $147,800* Bill Summary for *HB1030 / SB1121 This bill requires any government funded program whose function includes making recommendations for the non-secured release of criminal defendants or for the release of criminal defendants on the partial deposit of bail amount (pretrial release agencies) in each county to prepare a public register that is available in the court clerk's office and which displays information regarding the cases and defendants who are recommended for release by the agency. This bill requires that the register be updated on a weekly basis and display information regarding each defendant whose non-secured release was [...]

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