Official Summary Text
Present law requires each
district attorney general
to
provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the senate, chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, chair of the judiciary committee of the senate, and
district attorneys general conference
,
and make such report available to the public upon request.
The report must contain, at a minimum, for the previous year,
all of
the following aggregate, non-pers
onally identifying information, categorized by offense:
Arrests made and offenses referred
.
The number of indictments filed
.
The number of cases transferred to another law enforcement entity
.
The number of cases in which an indictment was sought for an individual and the indictment was for an offense other than the offense for which the individual was originally arrested
.
The number of each disposition entered by a court
.
This bill removes that such information is required in the report, and requires, instead, that all of the following information is included in the report:
The number of indictments filed
.
The number of cases transferred
to a
district attorney general pro tem
, who, generally, is appointed by a court to act as a
district attorney general
when such is unavailable.
The number of each disposition entered by a criminal or circuit court in that district attorney general's judicial district
.
This bill does not
require a district attorney general to use any designated system, whether physical or digital, to maintain the data to be reported. A district attorney general may collect the required data in the way that best fits the design of the district attorney ge
neral's local criminal justice systems.
This bill requires
the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference direct
,
and unlimited access
,
to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the duty to collect, analyze, and report data on the information required
.
The clerk
must
cooperate with each district attorney general and the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and information upon req
uest.
This bill requires the same of the clerks for t
he district attorneys general conference
to
compile a statewide report summarizing the information provided by each district attorney general
, as required by present law.
PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT
IN U.S.
CHARGED OR CONVICTED IN TENNESSEE
Present law requires t
he district attorneys general conference
to
collect and analyze data from law enforcement agencies on the number of persons not lawfully present in the United States charged or convicted of a criminal offense in this state during the previous year.
However, the requirement is
repealed July 1, 2032.
This bill removes the repeal.
This bill further requires
the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct
,
and unlimited access
,
to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with
the
duty to collect and analyze
such
dat
a
. The clerk
must
cooperate with the district attorneys general conference and provide all data and information upon request.
Current Bill Text
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HOUSE BILL 2466
By Rudder
SENATE BILL 2462
By Bailey
SB2462
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
Title 8, relative to district attorneys general.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-115, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting:
(a) Each district attorney general shall provide an annual report by March 1 of
each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the
senate, chair of the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over
subject matters pertaining to district attorneys general, chair of the judiciary committee of
the senate, and district attorneys general conference and make such report available to
the public upon request. The report must contain, at a minimum, for the previous year,
the following aggregate, non-personally identifying information, categorized by offense:
(1) The number of indictments filed;
(2) The number of cases transferred for pro tem prosecution under § 8-7-
106; and
(3) The number of each disposition entered by a criminal or circuit court
in that district attorney general's judicial district, including dismissals, pretrial
diversions, plea agreements, trial outcomes, and sentences imposed.
(b) This section does not require a district attorney general to use any
designated system, whether physical or digital, to maintain the data to be reported. A
district attorney general may collect the required data in the way that best fits the design
of the district attorney general's local criminal justice systems.
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(c) It is the duty of the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor
and felony cases to provide each district attorney general and the district attorneys
general conference direct and unlimited access to the clerk's case management or
reporting system for the purposes of complying with the duty to collect, analyze, and
report data on the information required by subdivisions (a)(1)-(3). The clerk shall
cooperate with each district attorney general and the district attorneys general
conference and provide all data and information upon request.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-1-425(f), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting instead the following:
(f) It is the duty of the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor
and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct and unlimited
access to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of
complying with the duty to collect and analyze data as required by this section. The
clerk shall cooperate with the district attorneys general conference and provide all data
and information upon request.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-314, is amended by
redesignating the current section as subsection (a) and adding the following new subsection:
(b) It is the duty of the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor
and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct and unlimited
access to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of
complying with the duty to compile a statewide report as required by subsection (a). The
clerk shall cooperate with the district attorneys general conference and provide all data
and information upon request.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m., the public welfare
requiring it.