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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCapital Punishment - Deletes the provision that prohibits a district attorney from seeking, or a juvenile transferred to adult court from receiving, a sentence of death for the transferred offense. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0425 / SB0879 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCapital Punishment - Requires the attorney general and reporter to study the constitutional readiness of the state to carry out capital punishment in the state and present its findings to the speakers by October 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *HB0799 / SB1184Increase State Expenditures - $ 26,400 One Time
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2069. Capital Punishment - Provides that no sentence of death may be carried out from the effective date of the act through May 2, 2009, although trials for and the other procedure involving the offense of first degree murder may still proceed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB1985 / SB2069Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - $7,000 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB1985 / SB2069 This bill imposes a moratorium on executions from the date that this bill becomes a law through May 2, 2009. This bill would not prohibit persons from being sentenced to death during the moratorium.
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCapital Punishment - Deletes the provision that prohibits a district attorney from seeking, or a juvenile transferred to adult court from receiving, a sentence of death for the transferred offense. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB0879 / *HB0425 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCapital Punishment - Requires the attorney general and reporter to study the constitutional readiness of the state to carry out capital punishment in the state and present its findings to the speakers by October 1, 2007. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40. Fiscal Summary for SB1184 / *HB0799Increase State Expenditures - $ 26,400 One Time
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1985. Capital Punishment - Provides that no sentence of death may be carried out from the effective date of the act through May 2, 2009, although trials for and the other procedure involving the offense of first degree murder may still proceed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB2069 / *HB1985Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - $7,000 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB2069 / *HB1985 This bill imposes a moratorium on executions from the date that this bill becomes a law through May 2, 2009. This bill would not prohibit persons from being sentenced to death during the moratorium.
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 549 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1911. General Assembly - Creates special committee to study the administration of the death penalty. - Fiscal Summary for HB2162 / *SB1911Increase State Expenditures - $2,200 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB2162 / *SB1911 ON JUNE 7, 2007, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1911 FOR HOUSE BILL 2162, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1911, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly and the governor, and cease to exist, within one year of the date on which all committee members are appointed instead of within two years of the date that this bill becomes a law.
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Public Chapter 549 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2162. General Assembly - Creates special committee to study the administration of the death penalty. - Fiscal Summary for *SB1911 / HB2162Increase State Expenditures - $2,200 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for *SB1911 / HB2162 ON JUNE 7, 2007, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1911 FOR HOUSE BILL 2162, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1911, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly and the governor, and cease to exist, within one year of the date on which all committee members are appointed instead of within two years of the date that this bill becomes a law.
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3333. Capital Punishment - Enacts the "Tennessee Death Penalty Open File Discovery Act of 2008.” - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for *SB2680 / HB3333Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the District Attorneys General Conference has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for *SB2680 / HB3333 Generally in court proceedings, the process of discovery is governed by court rules. This bill establishes statutory discovery requirements that would apply in cases where the defendant is charged with first degree murder and a notice has been filed that the district attorney general intends to seek the death penalty or a sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. This bill [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Gov't OpSenate comm Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3334. Capital Punishment - Enacts the "Tennessee Death Penalty Representation Services Act of 2008.” - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for *SB2682 / HB3334 Increase State Expenditures - $143,500/One-Time $6,525,000/Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - Additional pre-trial and trial representation and services provided to death-eligible defendants may result in a reduction in costs during the direct appeal and post-conviction phases of a case due to reduced claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, fewer issues raised on appeal, and shortened appeal times. The fiscal impact of any such savings is indirect and cannot reasonably be quantified. Bill Summary for *SB2682 / HB3334 This bill creates the commission on Tennessee death penalty representation services. The commission's primary [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary --Subject to call of Chair Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2680. Capital Punishment - Enacts the "Tennessee Death Penalty Open File Discovery Act of 2008.” - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for HB3333 / *SB2680Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the District Attorneys General Conference has not provided any information to assist in the preparation of this fiscal note. Bill Summary for HB3333 / *SB2680 Generally in court proceedings, the process of discovery is governed by court rules. This bill establishes statutory discovery requirements that would apply in cases where the defendant is charged with first degree murder and a notice has been filed that the district attorney general intends to seek the death penalty or a sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. This bill [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD--subject to call of chair Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2682. Capital Punishment - Enacts the "Tennessee Death Penalty Representation Services Act of 2008.” - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for HB3334 / *SB2682 Increase State Expenditures - $143,500/One-Time $6,525,000/Recurring Other Fiscal Impact - Additional pre-trial and trial representation and services provided to death-eligible defendants may result in a reduction in costs during the direct appeal and post-conviction phases of a case due to reduced claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, fewer issues raised on appeal, and shortened appeal times. The fiscal impact of any such savings is indirect and cannot reasonably be quantified. Bill Summary for HB3334 / *SB2682 This bill creates the commission on Tennessee death penalty representation services. The commission's primary [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of Judiciary of Judiciary Committee Bill TextCapital Punishment - Requires that sentence of death be carried out by lethal injection using a one-drug protocol to be determined by the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 23. Fiscal Summary for HB3342 / *SB3698Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3494. Capital Punishment - Clarifies that intent of general assembly is to proceed with executions by any constitutional means if any state or federal court determines lethal injection or electrocution to be unconstitutional methods under the Tennessee or United States constitutions. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23. Fiscal Summary for *HB3087 / SB3494Other Fiscal Impact - Lethal injection and electrocution are the only forms of execution currently authorized by statute in Tennessee. If another form of execution were used as a result of this bill (e.g., gas chamber), there may be costs of developing and implementing the system, depending on the system used. These costs could exceed $100,000 in one-time expenditures for construction and $10,000 recurring for training. Bill Summary for *HB3087 / SB3494 Under this bill, if the U.S.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCapital Punishment - Provides that in cases of first degree murder in which the penalty of death is imposed, the first appeal from the trial court is an automatic direct appeal to the supreme court thereby removing the court of criminal appeals from the death penalty appellate review process. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB3088 / SB3493Increase State Expenditures - $175,600
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCapital Punishment - Provides that in cases of first degree murder in which the penalty of death is imposed, the first appeal from the trial court is an automatic direct appeal to the supreme court thereby removing the court of criminal appeals from the death penalty appellate review process. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB3493 / *HB3088Increase State Expenditures - $175,600
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3087. Capital Punishment - Clarifies that intent of general assembly is to proceed with executions by any constitutional means if any state or federal court determines lethal injection or electrocution to be unconstitutional methods under the Tennessee or United States constitutions. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23. Fiscal Summary for SB3494 / *HB3087Other Fiscal Impact - Lethal injection and electrocution are the only forms of execution currently authorized by statute in Tennessee. If another form of execution were used as a result of this bill (e.g., gas chamber), there may be costs of developing and implementing the system, depending on the system used. These costs could exceed $100,000 in one-time expenditures for construction and $10,000 recurring for training. Bill Summary for SB3494 / *HB3087 Under this bill, if the U.S.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCapital Punishment - Requires that sentence of death be carried out by lethal injection using a one-drug protocol to be determined by the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 23. Fiscal Summary for *SB3698 / HB3342Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1122 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2718. Capital Punishment - Extends the reporting period for the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty from one year from the appointment of all members to January 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB2733 / *SB2718Increase State Expenditures - $2,700 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB2733 / *SB2718 ON APRIL 29, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2718, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 extends the reporting period for the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty from one year from the appointment of all members to January 1, 2009, instead of October 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Public Chapter 1122 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2733. Capital Punishment - Extends the reporting period for the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty from one year from the appointment of all members to January 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *SB2718 / HB2733Increase State Expenditures - $2,700 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for *SB2718 / HB2733 ON APRIL 29, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2718, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 extends the reporting period for the special committee to study the administration of the death penalty from one year from the appointment of all members to January 1, 2009, instead of October 1, 2009.
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