SB 944
Comp
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.
- Tennessee
- Senate
- Introduced Feb 5, 2025
- Session 114
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Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511
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Sponsor(s) Added.
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Companion House Bill substituted
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Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025
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Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
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Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
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Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
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Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
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Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
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Filed for introduction