HB 341 - SB 371
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 12, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Arielle Woodmore | Email: arielle.woodmore@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 341 - SB 371
SUMMARY OF BILL: Requires a defendant’s biological specimen to be gathered within 30
days of sentencing, or if the defendant’s term of incarceration is less than 30 days, before the
completion of the term of incarceration, if they are required to register as a sex offender.
Authorizes a law enforcement agency to submit to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) a
lawfully obtained biological specimen, within its control, from a deceased offender who was
previously convicted of a qualifying offense, regardless of the date of conviction. Requires a law
enforcement agency to submit to the TBI the biological specimen of an offender convicted of a
qualifying offense, who dies while incarcerated, regardless of the date of conviction, if the offender's
biological specimen has not previously been submitted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-321(d), when a court sentences a person convicted of
any felony offense committed on or after July 1, 1998, or any misdemeanor offense, the
conviction for which requires the defendant to register as a sexual offender on or after July
1, 2007, it shall order the person to provide a biological specimen for the purpose of DNA
analysis. If the person is incarcerated at the time of sentencing, the order shall require the
chief administrative officer of the institution of incarceration to designate a qualified person
to gather the specimen.
• The proposed legislation requires the biological specimen to be gathered within 30 days of
sentencing or, if the person’s term of incarceration is less than 30 days, before completion
of the person’s term of incarceration.
• Establishing a timeline for when the biological specimen must be collected will not result in
a significant increase in state expenditures.
• Any additional workload on law enforcement agencies or TBI can be accommodated within
existing resources.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director