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

SB 1820: Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

In committee Last action May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 956

Plain-language summary

SB 1820 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41. Primary sponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 956.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican).