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

HB 351: Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires, if a prisoner is released for paid employment, the cost of the electronic monitoring device to be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable; requires, if a prisoner is released for unpaid work, the entity utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 351 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires, if a prisoner is released for paid employment, the cost of the electronic monitoring device to be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable; requires, if a prisoner is released for unpaid work, the entity utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41. Primary sponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 320.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris HurtPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse82

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 320
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Comp. SB subst.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  8. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
  9. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  10. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
  11. Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/25/2025
  12. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source