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SB 662 TN
Introduced

Mental Illness - As introduced, establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person poses an imminent substantial likelihood of serious harm and needs emergency detention and examination if the person was charged with one of certain criminal offenses and ordered by the criminal, circuit, or general sessions court to undergo an evaluation to determine whether the person is incompetent to stand trial or the person's mental capacity at the time of the commission of the crime; requires clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52.

TN · session 114 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Latest action (Mar 25, 2026) Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Sponsor (1)
  • Akbari Democratic · primary

Action history (17)
  1. Jan 31, 2025 Filed for introduction · lower
  2. Feb 10, 2025 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration · lower
  3. Feb 12, 2025 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee · upper
  4. Mar 26, 2025 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 · lower
  5. Mar 31, 2025 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 · lower
  6. Mar 31, 2025 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 · lower
  7. Apr 1, 2025 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 · lower
  8. Apr 1, 2025 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 · lower
  9. Apr 2, 2025 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025 · lower
  10. Apr 2, 2025 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025 · lower
  11. Apr 8, 2025 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee · lower
  12. Mar 18, 2026 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026 · lower
  13. Mar 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026 · lower
  14. Mar 23, 2026 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026 · lower
  15. Mar 24, 2026 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026 · lower
  16. Mar 24, 2026 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026 · lower
  17. Mar 25, 2026 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee · lower
Subjects
Mental Illness

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