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Bill Sentencing - As enacted, requires the superintendent or jail administrator to notify the department of corrections of the amount of sentence reduction credits for good institutional behavior that a convicted felon should receive for the felon's time incarcerated prior to imposition of sentence instead of the superintendent or jail administrator objecting to an award of credits at the rate of eight days for each month served. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. Sentencing - As enacted, requires the superintendent or jail administrator to notify the department of corrections of the amount of sentence reduction credits for good institutional behavior that a convicted felon should receive for the felon's time incarcerated prior to imposition of sentence instead of the superintendent or jail administrator objecting to an award of credits at the rate of eight days for each month served. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 496 Tennessee SB 496 (113)
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Tennessee SB 496 (113) — Sentencing - As enacted, requires the superintendent or jail administrator to notify the department of corrections of the amount of sentence reduction credits for good institutional behavior that a convicted felon should receive for the felon's time incarcerated prior to imposition of sentence instead of the superintendent or jail administrator objecting to an award of credits at the rate of eight days for each month served. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Amendment HA0010 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0346 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — 7118 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed — 6721 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — 265 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/28/2023 Passed — 72 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-25 Sponsor change. sponsorship
  • 2023-01-25 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-26 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-28 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2023-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
  • 2023-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
  • 2023-04-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0346)
  • 2023-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-04-20 Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-04-20 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0010) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2023-04-20 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-04-24 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
  • 2023-05-24 Pub. Ch. 427

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e2ff738-69d9-41dd-abae-dd00bda66982. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).