SB2549 - Tennessee - Sentencing

Companion Bill HB2631. Sentencing - Creates offense of possession of handgun while on release program following conviction for dangerous felony and requires person to serve at least 85 percent of a mandatory minimum two-year sentence for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Fiscal Summary for *SB2549 / HB2631Increase State Expenditures - $11,359,800/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB2549 / HB2631 Under present law, it is a Class E felony for a person to possess a handgun if that person: (1) Has been convicted of a felony involving the use or attempted use of force, violence, or a deadly weapon; or (2) Has been convicted of a felony drug offense. This bill adds that it is a Class E felony, with a mandatory minimum two-year sentence, for a person to possess a handgun if that person, at the time [...]

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