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Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextChildren's Services, Dept. of - Removes requirement that youth service officers and correctional officers be free from all apparent mental disorders. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 41, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB2245 / SB2188MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextChildren's Services, Dept. of - Removes requirement that youth service officers and correctional officers be free from all apparent mental disorders. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 41, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for SB2188 / *HB2245MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Government Operations for review--State & Local Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0379. Correction, Dept. of - Requires the department of correction to establish a plan in which state inmates are charged a co-pay amount for medical services provided by the state. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0131 / SB0379Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0131 / SB0379 Present law requires the department of correction to provide adequate medical care at all prison facilities. This bill requires the department of correction to establish and implement a plan to charge state-housed inmates a co-pay for any medical care, treatment, pharmacy services, or substance abuse treatment that is provided to the inmate by a licensed provider. The department may not deny such care to an inmate who cannot pay the co-pay amount [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0274. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the department to issue identification cards to inmates upon their release from state custody and to charge a fee of $6.00 for the card. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB0139 / SB0274Increase State Revenues - $5,000 Recurring Increase State Expenditures - $5,000 Recurring $90,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *HB0139 / SB0274 ON APRIL 19, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 274, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that the card will be issued upon the person's release to the community at the expiration of their sentence and the card must be distinguishable from a department of safety-issued driver license or photo id. This amendment further specifies that the card must contain the phrase "for identification [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 472 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1067. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes TRICOR to enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $150,000 Increase State Revenues - Exceeds $150,000 Bill Summary for HB1195 / *SB1067 ON MAY 10, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1067, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 requires that juvenile offenders be kept separate and removed from adult offenders during the work training opportunities authorized by this bill.
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCorrection, Dept. of - Requires counties receiving correctional incentive subsidies to submit an accounting of such expenditures to the commissioner; if the facility has not been certified pursuant to state jail standards, prohibits grant of future subsidies unless required expenditures are made; authorizes the commissioner to reimburse counties for actual improvement expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for HB1386 / *SB0918 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means to 6/7/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1753. Correction, Dept. of - Allocates 0.5 percent of department's annual appropriations to Tennessee Amachi Initiative for mentoring children with incarcerated parent, subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for HB1575 / *SB1753Increase State Expenditures - $3,500,000 Bill Summary for HB1575 / *SB1753 Subject to appropriations, this bill requires that at least one half of one percent of the department of correction's annual appropriations be allocated to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi Initiative to invest in prevention by providing professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships for children with an incarcerated parent as a means to provide a long-term solution to the problem of generational [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/27/2007 - Public Chapter 34 Bill TextCorrection, Dept. of - Authorizes department to spend funds from department confiscated cash fund for accepted investigative techniques and interdiction efforts to combat drug trafficking in correction facilities, in addition to spending such funds for canine units. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB2235 / SB2173Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2174. Correction, Dept. of - Removes limits on number of drug detecting dogs that commissioner and department are authorized to maintain for detecting drugs in correction facilities; authorizes department to obain assistance from other agencies in detection of drugs in correction facilities. - Amends TCA Titles 4 and 41. Fiscal Summary for HB2292 / *SB2174Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2292 / *SB2174 Present law requires the department of correction to perform periodic routine searches for contraband of all employees of the department prior to the entrance of the persons inside the confines of a state correctional facility. If contraband is found on an employee pursuant to a search, the employee may be required to submit to an official polygraph examination. Present law authorizes the department [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0139. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the department to issue identification cards to inmates upon their release from state custody and to charge a fee of $6.00 for the card. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for SB0274 / *HB0139Increase State Revenues - $5,000 Recurring Increase State Expenditures - $5,000 Recurring $90,000 One-Time Bill Summary for SB0274 / *HB0139 ON APRIL 19, 2007, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 274, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that the card will be issued upon the person's release to the community at the expiration of their sentence and the card must be distinguishable from a department of safety-issued driver license or photo id. This amendment further specifies that the card must contain the phrase "for identification [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 881 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4159. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the commissioner to enter into agreements with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate TDOC inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4115 / SB4159State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4115 / SB4159 This bill authorizes the commissioner of correction to enter into an agreement with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate department of correction inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. To be eligible for a transfer under this bill, an inmate's sentence must be anticipated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/19/2008 - Public Chapter 881 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4115. Correction, Dept. of - Authorizes the commissioner to enter into agreements with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate TDOC inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4159 / *HB4115State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4159 / *HB4115 This bill authorizes the commissioner of correction to enter into an agreement with local governmental entities for the transfer of appropriate department of correction inmates to confinement in a local facility to participate in local pre-release programs. To be eligible for a transfer under this bill, an inmate's sentence must be anticipated [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Public Chapter 1092 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4028. Regional Authorities and Special Districts - Enacts the "Regional Jail Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 26; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 12, Chapter 9; Title 12, Chapter 10 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for HB3958 / *SB4028 Increase State Expenditures - $7,687,100 Increase Local Revenue - $6,997,100 Increase Local Expenditures - $285,000,000/One-Time/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3958 / *SB4028 This bill authorizes the creation of a regional jail authority. This bill allows the governing bodies of two or more local governmental entities to create a regional jail authority. In order to create a regional jail authority, each governing body of a governmental entity proposing to create an authority must adopt, and the governing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1092 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3958. Regional Authorities and Special Districts - Enacts the "Regional Jail Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 26; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 12, Chapter 9; Title 12, Chapter 10 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *SB4028 / HB3958 Increase State Expenditures - $7,687,100 Increase Local Revenue - $6,997,100 Increase Local Expenditures - $285,000,000/One-Time/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB4028 / HB3958 This bill authorizes the creation of a regional jail authority. This bill allows the governing bodies of two or more local governmental entities to create a regional jail authority. In order to create a regional jail authority, each governing body of a governmental entity proposing to create an authority must adopt, and the governing [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1129 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3058. Correction, Dept. of - Requests department in conjunction with department of human resources to study issue of education and employment for persons convicted of non-violent criminal offenses; requires departments to report findings by March 1, 2009, to house and senate education committees. - Fiscal Summary for *HB2788 / SB3058Increase State Expenditures - $75,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *HB2788 / SB3058 ON MAY 1, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3058, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that the department of human resources will be required to assist the department in studying the issue of education and employment for persons convicted of non-violent criminal offenses. This amendment adds a statement of legislative intent that the study required by this bill be conducted [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Public Chapter 1129 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2788. Correction, Dept. of - Requests department in conjunction with department of human resources to study issue of education and employment for persons convicted of non-violent criminal offenses; requires departments to report findings by March 1, 2009, to house and senate education committees. - Fiscal Summary for SB3058 / *HB2788Increase State Expenditures - $75,000/One-Time Bill Summary for SB3058 / *HB2788 ON MAY 1, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3058, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that the department of human resources will be required to assist the department in studying the issue of education and employment for persons convicted of non-violent criminal offenses. This amendment adds a statement of legislative intent that the study required by this bill be conducted [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: State & Local Government Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3206. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for *HB2959 / SB3206 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2959. Correctional Programs - Mandates the department of correction to develop and implement a society plan for every incarcerated prisoner for reentry into society. - Amends TCA Title 41. Fiscal Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959Increase State Expenditures - $137,800 Bill Summary for SB3206 / *HB2959 This bill requires the department of correction to develop a multi-agency plan to prepare and enhance the successful reentry of nonviolent offenders into the community. This bill requires the plan to have the concurrence of the presiding judge, chief probation officer, the district attorney, the local custodial agency, and the public defender and to be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval. This bill also requires the plan to provide that when a report is prepared recommending a state prison commitment, the report must [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Public Safety & Rural Roads of Transportation of Transportation Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3096. Motor Vehicles - Authorizes full-time, part-time, and volunteer members of fire departments and rescue squads to use sirens and red lights on personal vehicles, and authorizes certain police and correction officers to use blue lights on personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096 Present law requires every police, fire department, and fire patrol vehicle, and every ambulance and emergency repair vehicle of public service companies used for emergency calls, to be equipped with a bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. The bell, siren, or exhaust whistle must be of a type approved by the department of safety or local police authorities in incorporated cities or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2941. Motor Vehicles - Authorizes full-time, part-time, and volunteer members of fire departments and rescue squads to use sirens and red lights on personal vehicles, and authorizes certain police and correction officers to use blue lights on personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for SB3096 / *HB2941Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for SB3096 / *HB2941 Present law requires every police, fire department, and fire patrol vehicle, and every ambulance and emergency repair vehicle of public service companies used for emergency calls, to be equipped with a bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. The bell, siren, or exhaust whistle must be of a type approved by the department of safety or local police authorities in incorporated cities or [...] show full description
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