Criminal Procedure

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on which sections of Tennessee's laws are modified or how the bill ensures that the new rule applies only to future court orders.

Law for Free Citizenship Rights Restoration Application

This bill changes Tennessee's laws so that people do not have to pay to restore their citizenship rights if a court orders it.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the law to say that an applicant does not have to pay for restoring their citizenship rights if a court orders otherwise.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to restore their citizenship rights in Tennessee
• Courts that decide on applications for restoring citizenship rights

Terms To Know

Citizenship Rights Restoration

The process of getting back the legal rights and responsibilities of being a citizen after losing them.

Petitioner

A person who makes an application or request to a court.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how many people will benefit from this change.
• The bill does not provide details on what happens if the court decides otherwise.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1251
By Travis

SENATE BILL 1203
By Jackson

SB1203
003280
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2;
Title 8; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to rights of
citizenship.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-29-104, is amended by deleting
the language in the section and substituting:
Unless a court orders otherwise, the petitioner shall pay the costs of this
application.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it,
and applies to court orders issued on or after the effective date of this act.