Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2823
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to use of force.
Subject: Criminal Procedure
Description: As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to at least two justifiable use of force hearings prior to trial, at which the prosecution has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the use of force was unlawful; requires the court to dismiss the criminal charges and find the defendant immune from criminal prosecution if the prosecution fails to meet that burden. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Session: 112th General Assembly
Last Action: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Kerry Roberts (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 8, 2022 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022 |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2022 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022 |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2022 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022 |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2022 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022 |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2022 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2022 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2022 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 3, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
