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Plain English Breakdown

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Annual Report on Enhanced Penalties for Non-U.S. Citizens

This bill requires Tennessee's Department of Safety to report annually to state leaders about individuals who received enhanced penalties from courts due to being non-U.S. citizens and convicted of violent crimes or using deadly weapons.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Safety to send a yearly report by February 1st.
• The report must include information on people whose sentences were increased because they committed violent crimes while not being U.S. citizens.
• Also includes data on individuals who used or showed deadly weapons during their crime and are non-U.S. citizens.

Who It Names or Affects

• Tennessee's Department of Safety
• The governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives

Terms To Know

Enhanced penalties

Increased sentences given by courts for certain crimes.

Illegal alien

A person who is in a country without permission or legal status.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what actions should be taken based on the report.
• It only requires reporting and does not change existing laws about penalties for crimes.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1333
By Lamberth

SENATE BILL 1319
By Johnson

SB1319
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2;
Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55,
and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of
2025 (1st Ex. Sess. -- HB 6001 / SB 6002),
relative to non-United States citizens.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
By February 1 of each year, the department of safety shall submit a report to the
governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives
that provides the number of individuals for whom a court enhanced their statutory
penalty pursuant to § 40-35-325(b)(1) and (b)(2) both in total across the state and in total
in each county in this state.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.