HB 2466

Present law requires each district attorney general to provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the senate, chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, chair of the judiciary committee of the senate, and district attorneys general conference , and make such report available to the public upon request. The report must contain, at a minimum, for the previous year, all of the following aggregate, non-pers onally identifying information, categorized by offense:  Arrests made and offenses referred .  The number of indictments filed .  The number of cases transferred to another law enforcement entity .  The number of cases in which an indictment was sought for an individual and the indictment was for an offense other than the offense for which the individual was originally arrested .  The number of each disposition entered by a court . This bill removes that such information is required in the report, and requires, instead, that all of the following information is included in the report:  The number of indictments filed .  The number of cases transferred to a district attorney general pro tem , who, generally, is appointed by a court to act as a district attorney general when such is unavailable.  The number of each disposition entered by a criminal or circuit court in that district attorney general's judicial district . This bill does not require a district attorney general to use any designated system, whether physical or digital, to maintain the data to be reported. A district attorney general may collect the required data in the way that best fits the design of the district attorney ge neral's local criminal justice systems. This bill requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference direct , and unlimited access , to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the duty to collect, analyze, and report data on the information required . The clerk must cooperate with each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and information upon req uest. This bill requires the same of the clerks for t he district attorneys general conference to compile a statewide report summarizing the information provided by each district attorney general , as required by present law. PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN U.S. CHARGED OR CONVICTED IN TENNESSEE Present law requires t he district attorneys general conference to collect and analyze data from law enforcement agencies on the number of persons not lawfully present in the United States charged or convicted of a criminal offense in this state during the previous year. However, the requirement is repealed July 1, 2032. This bill removes the repeal. This bill further requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct , and unlimited access , to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the duty to collect and analyze such dat a . The clerk must cooperate with the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and information upon request.