Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0661 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 673
3	3	By Taylor
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 661
6	6	By White
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9	9	HB0661
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38;
14	14	Title 39 and Title 40, relative to the
15	15	Comprehensive Assault Crime Intervention Act.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the "Comprehensive Assault Crime
19	19	Intervention Act."
20	20	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-111(d), is amended by
21	21	deleting the subsection and substituting:
22	22	(d) As part of a defendant's alternative sentencing for a violation of this section:
23	23	(1) The sentencing judge shall direct the defendant to complete an
24	24	available counseling program that addresses violence and control issues
25	25	including, but not limited to, a batterer's intervention program that meets the
26	26	requirements in § 38-12-110 and has been certified by the domestic violence
27	27	state coordinating council. A batterer's intervention program, certified or
28	28	noncertified, is not deemed complete until the full term of the program is
29	29	completed, and a judge shall not authorize a defendant to attend less than the
30	30	full term of a program as part of a plea agreement or otherwise. The defendant's
31	31	knowing failure to complete such an intervention program is considered a
32	32	violation of the defendant's alternative sentence program and the sentencing
33	33	judge may revoke the defendant's participation in such program and order
34	34	execution of sentence; and
35	35	(2) The sentencing judge may direct the defendant to complete a drug or
36	36	alcohol treatment program.
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41	41	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-32-101, is amended by deleting
42	42	subdivision (g)(1)(B)(i) and substituting:
43	43	(i) Section 39-13-101(a)(1) and (2) — Assault;
44	44	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-12-110, is amended by adding
45	45	the following new subsection:
46	46	(d) The council shall prescribe the term of the batterer's intervention programs to
47	47	meet for a minimum of twenty-six (26) weeks and not more than forty eight (48) weeks.
48	48	Each meeting must be at least three (3) hours long. The ratio of participants to
49	49	intervention counselors must be not more than six (6) participants to one (1) counselor,
50	50	with not more than ten (10) participants in each course.
51	51	SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-315, is amended by adding
52	52	the following new subsection:
53	53	(n) In addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for a violation of
54	54	this section, the sentencing judge shall require the defendant to attend an individual
55	55	counseling program that addresses violence and control issues, including a batterer's
56	56	intervention program that has been certified by the domestic violence state coordinating
57	57	council, pursuant to § 38-12-110.
58	58	SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-101, is amended by adding
59	59	the following new subsection:
60	60	(d) In addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for a violation of
61	61	this section, the sentencing judge shall require the defendant to attend an individual
62	62	counseling program that addresses violence and control issues, including a batterer's
63	63	intervention program that has been certified by the domestic violence state coordinating
64	64	council, pursuant to § 38-12-110.
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69	69	SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-12-109, is amended by deleting
70	70	subsection (a) and substituting:
71	71	The administrative office of the courts and the domestic violence state
72	72	coordinating council shall establish a policy regarding, and a continuing education
73	73	curriculum concerning, domestic violence and assault and shall provide continuing
74	74	education on domestic violence and assault to all judges and court personnel throughout
75	75	the state who are likely to encounter situations of domestic violence and assault. The
76	76	administrative office of the courts may adopt the policy and training curriculum
77	77	developed by the domestic violence state coordinating council, and may revise the policy
78	78	and training curriculum at its discretion. The continuing education must be for a period
79	79	of at least twelve (12) hours per year and is in addition to the training required by § 36-6-
80	80	702.
81	81	SECTION 8. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.