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

HB 625: 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.

In committee Last action April 7, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 625 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Hardaway. Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2026): Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Hardaway.