Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0475 Compare Versions

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2		-	HOUSE BILL 720
3		-	By Dixie
	2	+	<BillNo> <Sponsor>
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5	4		SENATE BILL 475
6	5		By Bowling
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9	8		SB0475
10	9		002260
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37;
14	13		Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, relative to
15	14		criminal sentencing.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-501(h)(2), is amended by
19	18		deleting the subdivision and substituting:
20	19		(2) Release eligibility for a defendant committing the offense of first degree
21	20		murder on or after July 1, 1995, who receives a sentence of imprisonment for life occurs
22	21		after service of sixty percent (60%) of sixty (60) years less sentence credits earned and
23	22		retained by the defendant. Notwithstanding the governor's power to reduce prison
24	23		overcrowding pursuant to title 41, chapter 1, part 5, any sentence reduction credits
25	24		authorized by § 41-21-236, or any other provision of law relating to sentence credits, in
26	25		no event shall a defendant sentenced to imprisonment for life be eligible for parole until
27	26		the defendant has served a minimum of:
28	27		(A) If the defendant was twenty-five (25) years of age or younger at the
29	28		time of the offense, twenty-five (25) full calendar years of the sentence; or
30	29		(B) If the defendant was twenty-six (26) years of age or older at the time
31	30		of the offense, thirty (30) full calendar years of the sentence.
32	31		SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
33	32		applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1995.