Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1144: Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41.

In committee Last action May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460

Plain-language summary

HB 1144 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41. Primary sponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican).