HOUSE BILL 1358
By Littleton
SENATE BILL 374
By Rose
SB0374
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9;
Title 12; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40,
relative to juvenile detention facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. The department of children's services shall study the need for a new
juvenile detention facility to be constructed in the western grand division of this state that would
serve the detention and treatment needs of juveniles in that grand division. The department
shall report its findings and recommendations to the judiciary committee of the senate and the
committee having jurisdiction over criminal justice in the house of representatives on or before
January 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.