Top Legislation - View All
Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCriminal Offenses - Changes classification of offense criminal trespass from Class C misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0432 / SB0929 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCriminal Offenses - Changes classification of offense criminal trespass from Class C misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for SB0929 / *HB0432 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextDomestic Violence - Increases penalty for offense of domestic assault from Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony unless offense involves offensive physical contact, in which case penalty is increased from Class B misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111. Fiscal Summary for *HB0058Increase State Expenditures - $6,242,900 / Incarceration* Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenues - $37,500 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to 1st meeting 2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1563. DUI/DWI Offenses - Provides that, immediately upon conviction, certain DUI offenders must begin serving jail time; requires that certain offenders, who are convicted of driving on a suspended or revoked license, must serve consecutive sentences. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-116; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Section 55-50-504. Fiscal Summary for HB2226 / *SB1563 Increase State Expenditures - $1,180,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - $1,180,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $3,373,000 Bill Summary for HB2226 / *SB1563 This bill requires a defendant convicted of DUI to be jailed immediately if the defendant has a prior conviction for driving while the defendant's driver license was cancelled, suspended, or revoked for any reason. Thus, this bill requires the judge to revoke bail immediately in such cases, notwithstanding [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2226. DUI/DWI Offenses - Provides that, immediately upon conviction, certain DUI offenders must begin serving jail time; requires that certain offenders, who are convicted of driving on a suspended or revoked license, must serve consecutive sentences. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-116; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Section 55-50-504. Fiscal Summary for *SB1563 / HB2226 Increase State Expenditures - $1,180,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - $1,180,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $3,373,000 Bill Summary for *SB1563 / HB2226 This bill requires a defendant convicted of DUI to be jailed immediately if the defendant has a prior conviction for driving while the defendant's driver license was cancelled, suspended, or revoked for any reason. Thus, this bill requires the judge to revoke bail immediately in such cases, notwithstanding [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextProbation and Parole - Provides for an offender being released to the supervision of the board of probation and parole, instead of the division of community services for the department of correction, upon successful completion of a special alternative incarceration program or a technical violator program. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *HB2306 / SB2258Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextProbation and Parole - Provides for an offender being released to the supervision of the board of probation and parole, instead of the division of community services for the department of correction, upon successful completion of a special alternative incarceration program or a technical violator program. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for SB2258 / *HB2306Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 173 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0217. Sentencing - Adds enhancement factor by which a defendant's sentence can be increased within the appropriate range that an adult defendant sold or delivered an illegal drug to a minor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for *HB0096 / SB0217MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0096 / SB0217 Under present law, if appropriate for the offense and if not already an essential element of the offense, the court must consider, but is not bound by, advisory factors in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence. Examples of such factors include whether the defendant has a previous history of criminal convictions or if the offense involved more than one victim. This bill adds as an advisory factor the fact that the defendant is an adult who sells to, or gives or exchanges,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Withdrawn. Bill TextSentencing - Increases from Class C to Class A misdemeanor the punishment for the offense of being present as a spectator at an animal fight. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB0109 / *SB0141Not Available
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1671. Sentencing - Increases the penalty for the offense of tampering with a mailbox from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0272 / SB1671Increase State Expenditures - $72,500 / Incarceration* Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0272 / SB1671 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by at least 25 hours of community service work, for any person to: (1) Knowingly damage, destroy, remove or otherwise tamper with a residential mailbox; or (2) Knowingly damage or deface real or personal property of the state, or a subdivision thereof, by the painting or other permanent application of graffiti directly onto the property. This bill increases the criminal classification for mailbox [...] show full description
|
Latest Legislation - View All
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 829 Bill TextSentencing - Adds as a statutory aggravating circumstance for a sentence of death or imprisonment for life without parole, the fact that the murder was committed against a probation and parole officer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB4110 / SB4154Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 829 Bill TextSentencing - Adds as a statutory aggravating circumstance for a sentence of death or imprisonment for life without parole, the fact that the murder was committed against a probation and parole officer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB4154 / *HB4110Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to Summer Study Bill TextSentencing - Requests the judicial council to study and report on the present scheme for misdemeanor sentencing to determine if it adequately deters and punishes those offenders who commit multiple misdemeanor offenses; report due to the general assembly by January 15, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *HB3751 / SB3905Increase State Expenditures - $372,900/One-Time
Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextSentencing - Requests the judicial council to study and report on the present scheme for misdemeanor sentencing to determine if it adequately deters and punishes those offenders who commit multiple misdemeanor offenses; report due to the general assembly by January 15, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for SB3905 / *HB3751Increase State Expenditures - $372,900/One-Time
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill TextSentencing - Requires a person convicted of aggravated robbery to serve 85 percent of sentence before release eligibility status rather than 30 percent of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for HB3657 / *SB3801Increase State Expenditures - $73,652,400/Incarceration*
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3849. Sentencing - Increases the mandatory minimum sentence for commission of a dangerous felony while in possession of or employing a firearm and for possessing or employing a firearm with a prior conviction for a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for HB3627 / *SB3849Increase State Expenditures - $8,108,100/Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB3627 / *SB3849 Under present law, it is a Class D felony criminal offense to possess a firearm with the intent to go armed during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony. The offense is punishable by a mandatory minimum three-year sentence if the defendant had no prior felony conviction or a mandatory minimum five-year sentence if the defendant had a prior felony conviction. Under present law, it is a Class C felony criminal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3627. Sentencing - Increases the mandatory minimum sentence for commission of a dangerous felony while in possession of or employing a firearm and for possessing or employing a firearm with a prior conviction for a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *SB3849 / HB3627Increase State Expenditures - $8,108,100/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB3849 / HB3627 Under present law, it is a Class D felony criminal offense to possess a firearm with the intent to go armed during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony. The offense is punishable by a mandatory minimum three-year sentence if the defendant had no prior felony conviction or a mandatory minimum five-year sentence if the defendant had a prior felony conviction. Under present law, it is a Class C felony criminal [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Failed In Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCompanion 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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextSentencing - Requires a person convicted of aggravated robbery to serve 85 percent of sentence before release eligibility status rather than 30 percent of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *SB3801 / HB3657Increase State Expenditures - $73,652,400/Incarceration*
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCriminal Offenses - Enhances the penalty for abuse of corpse from a Class E felony to a Class C felony when the person caused the death of the person whose corpse was mistreated; adds enhancement factor by which a defendant's sentence can be increased within the appropriate range, that a defendant is convicted of second degree murder and the defendant knowingly mutilated the body of the victim after death. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for SB2897 / *HB2432Increase State Expenditures - $82,500/Incarceration*
|
