SENATE BILL 533
By Stevens
HOUSE BILL 351
By Hurt
HB0351
001721
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41,
relative to electronic monitoring for work release.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-2-152, is amended by deleting
subsection (b) and substituting instead:
(b) If a prisoner is released to perform unpaid work, then the entity utilizing the
prisoner for work shall pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device required
pursuant to subsection (a). If a prisoner is released for paid employment, then the
prisoner shall pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device required pursuant to
subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-2-152(a), is amended by deleting
the language "beginning January 1, 2024,".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.