Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0797 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 718
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 797
6	6	By Vaughan
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9	9	HB0797
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37,
14	14	relative to juveniles.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by
18	18	adding the following as a new section:
19	19	(a) As used in this section, "approved detention facility" means a detention
20	20	facility used for detention of juveniles, including a detention home or center for
21	21	delinquent children that is under the control, direction, or supervision of the court or other
22	22	public authority or private agency approved by the court. Any such detention center and
23	23	operator must be approved, certified, or licensed by the department of children's
24	24	services, including a youth development center.
25	25	(b) In a county that has provided an approved detention facility to meet the
26	26	needs for care of children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court or detained by order
27	27	of the juvenile court pending an investigation or hearing and disposition, the juvenile
28	28	court is required to use and assume direct supervision, control, and direction of the
29	29	approved detention facility as the primary detention facility for detention of juveniles
30	30	under the court's jurisdiction or arrange with a licensed institution, agency, or the
31	31	department of children's services to manage the facility or to receive temporary care and
32	32	custody of children within the jurisdiction of the court.
33	33	(c) Consistent with the public purposes set forth in § 37-1-101, if a juvenile court
34	34	conducts a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding, then the court must use
35	35	for the proceeding a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in
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40	40	proximity to the approved detention facility provided by the county, as long as the
41	41	courtroom substantially complies with the administrative office of the courts' minimum
42	42	courtroom security requirements. It is the purpose of this section to minimize the
43	43	humiliation of a child in custody or detention from public exposure and the use of
44	44	restraints that may occur from unnecessary vehicular transportation of the child. This
45	45	section does not replace the provisions in the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure
46	46	pertaining to confidentiality of proceedings and the use of contemporaneous audio-visual
47	47	transmissions.
48	48	SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.