Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB1769
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39, relative to justification excluding criminal responsibility.
Subject: Criminal Offenses
Description: As introduced, requires a court to order the state to reimburse a criminal defendant for all reasonable costs incurred in defense if the defendant was charged with a criminal homicide offense and found not guilty due to the justification of self-defense and the trier of fact determines that the defendant proved the self-defense claim by a preponderance of the evidence; authorizes the court to order the state or the prosecuting attorney, in their individual capacity, to pay damages for malicious prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
Session: 112th General Assembly
Last Action: Withdrawn.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2022
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Bruce Griffey (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Withdrawn. |
| House | Jan 24, 2022 | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 20, 2022 | P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| House | Jan 19, 2022 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Jan 18, 2022 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Jan 18, 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
