Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1200 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 324
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1200
6	6	By Kumar
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9	9	HB1200
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14	14	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18;
15	15	Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to
16	16	domestic violence.
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18	18	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
19	19	SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as "Savanna's Law."
20	20	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 39, is amended by adding
21	21	the following as a new part:
22	22	40-39-401.
23	23	As used in this part:
24	24	(1) "Convicted" and "conviction" mean a verdict of guilty by a judge or
25	25	jury or a plea of guilty and include a plea of nolo contendere and a best interest
26	26	plea accepted by the court;
27	27	(2) "Domestic abuse victim" has the same meaning as defined in § 36-3-
28	28	601;
29	29	(3) "Persistent domestic violence offender" means a person who:
30	30	(A) Has been convicted in this state of an offense committed
31	31	against a domestic abuse victim; and
32	32	(B) Has at least one (1) prior conviction for an offense committed
33	33	against a domestic abuse victim;
34	34	(4) "Prior conviction" has the same meaning as defined in § 40-35-106;
35	35	and
36	36	(5) "TBI" means the Tennessee bureau of investigation.
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41	41	40-39-402.
42	42	(a) There is created within the TBI a registry of persistent domestic violence
43	43	offenders.
44	44	(b) The TBI shall maintain this registry based upon information supplied to the
45	45	TBI by the court clerks pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) and information available to
46	46	the TBI from the department of correction and local law enforcement agencies. The TBI
47	47	shall make the registry available for public inquiry on the internet.
48	48	(c) The registry must consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's
49	49	name, date of birth, conviction date, county or counties of convictions, and a current
50	50	photograph of the persistent domestic violence offender. If available after reasonable
51	51	inquiry, the court clerk shall provide the TBI with a copy of the persistent domestic
52	52	violence offender's driver license, or other state or federal identification, and such other
53	53	identifying data as the TBI determines is necessary to properly identify the persistent
54	54	domestic violence offender and exclude innocent persons. However, the registry
55	55	available for public inquiry must not include the persistent domestic violence offender's
56	56	address, social security number, driver license number, or any other state or federal
57	57	identification number.
58	58	(d)
59	59	(1) If a person is convicted of an offense committed against a domestic
60	60	abuse victim and the person convicted has at least one (1) prior conviction for an
61	61	offense committed against a domestic abuse victim, then the court shall, upon
62	62	proof of any prior convictions committed against a domestic abuse victim, order
63	63	the defendant to register as a persistent domestic violence offender under this
64	64	part.
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69	69	(2) If a court orders a defendant to register under this part, then the court
70	70	clerk shall forward to the TBI a certified copy of the qualifying conviction and the
71	71	date of birth of the defendant. The court clerk shall forward the information to the
72	72	TBI within seven (7) days of the date of the conviction.
73	73	(e) Notwithstanding § 40-35-111 and in addition to any other punishment that
74	74	may be imposed for a conviction of the offense, a defendant required to register under
75	75	this part must be assessed a registration fee in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars
76	76	($150), which must be paid to the clerk of the court imposing the sentence, who shall:
77	77	(1) Retain fifty dollars ($50.00) of the fee for the administration of this
78	78	part, which must be reserved for the purposes authorized by this part at the end
79	79	of each fiscal year; and
80	80	(2) Remit one hundred dollars ($100) of the fee to the TBI for the
81	81	administration of this part, which must be reserved for the purposes authorized
82	82	by this part at the end of each fiscal year.
83	83	(f) The TBI shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying
84	84	information of a persistent domestic violence offender required to register under this
85	85	part:
86	86	(1) Two (2) years after the date of the most recent conviction for an
87	87	offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has one (1)
88	88	prior conviction for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim;
89	89	(2) Five (5) years after the date of the most recent conviction for an
90	90	offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has two (2)
91	91	prior convictions for an offense committed against a domestic abuse victim; and
92	92	(3) Ten (10) years after the date of the most recent conviction for an
93	93	offense committed against a domestic abuse victim if the defendant has three (3)
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98	98	or more prior convictions for an offense committed against a domestic abuse
99	99	victim.
100	100	(g) This section applies only to persons convicted of an offense committed
101	101	against a domestic abuse victim that occurred on or after January 1, 2026; provided,
102	102	however, that a prior conviction is not required to occur on or after January 1, 2026.
103	103	SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
104	104	applies to offenses committed on or after that date.