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

SB 505: Montgomery County - As enacted, permits a court to transfer, upon motion by the defendant, a criminal case to the veterans treatment court program in Montgomery County if the veterans treatment court program would have jurisdiction over the case if the offense had been committed in Montgomery County, the defendant files with the court a written waiver of the right to be tried by an impartial jury of the county in which the crime was committed, and the district attorney general for Montgomery County agrees to accept transfer of the case. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40.

In committee Last action May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 489

Plain-language summary

SB 505 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Montgomery County - As enacted, permits a court to transfer, upon motion by the defendant, a criminal case to the veterans treatment court program in Montgomery County if the veterans treatment court program would have jurisdiction over the case if the offense had been committed in Montgomery County, the defendant files with the court a written waiver of the right to be tried by an impartial jury of the county in which the crime was committed, and the district attorney general for Montgomery County agrees to accept transfer of the case. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40. Primary sponsor: Powers. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 489.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Powers.