TN HB 720
died on adjournmentSentencing - As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 720 pass?
No. TN HB 720 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-10): Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
What is TN HB 720 about?
TN HB 720 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 720?
Dixie is the primary sponsor of TN HB 720.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-05
- Latest action
- 2025-02-10 — Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Dixieprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-03
Filed for introduction
filing
2025-02-05
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2025-02-06
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-10
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee
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Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 475
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