HB3605 - Tennessee: Sentencing

Companion Bill SB2553. Sentencing - Expands the enhanced punishment for drug offense committed within 1,000 feet of school or park to five miles and provides that a person convicted of prostitution offense committed within five miles of school or park must serve minimum sentence imposed by court or 60 calendar days, whichever is greater. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB3605 / *SB2553Increase State Expenditures - $148,317,800/Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB3605 / *SB2553 Present law provides for the creation of drug-free zones and requires enhanced and mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses occurring in a drug-free zone. A drug-free zone means the grounds or facilities of any school or within 1,000 feet of the real property that comprises a public or private elementary [...]

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