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SB 388

Tennessee Senate bill in Session 114.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 25, 2025.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to global positioning monitoring.

Bill ID TN-114-SB-388
Session 114
Status in_committee
Committee Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate in_committee 2025-03-25
Summary

Following the arrest of a defendant fo r any of the following offenses, this bill requires the court or magistrate to order the defendant to wear a global positioning monitoring system device as a condition of bail, unless the court or magistrate finds the offender no longer posses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety:  An offense, during the course of which (i) t he defendant carrie d , possessed, or used a firearm or dangerous weapon ; (ii) a person was killed or suffered serious bodily injury ; or (iii) t he defendant used force against the person of another  Domestic assault  Burglary of a freight or passenger car, automobile, truck, trailer, boat, airplane, or other motor vehicle  Reckless driving  Drag Racing  A second or subsequent offense constituting burglary or theft offenses Thi s bill requires the clerk of each court that orders the use of global positioning monitoring pursuant to this bill to report the number of defendants currently subject to such an order and the offenses for which the defendant is awaiting trial on a monthly basis to the administrative office of the courts. The administrative office of the courts must compile an annual report of the number of defendants subject to such an order, including totals for each county, to be submitted to the criminal justice commit tee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate by July 1 of each year.

Sponsor
Brent Taylor
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-01-24 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-25 Status in_committee
2025-03-25 Latest Action Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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