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

HB 447: Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, requires the department of correction, in consultation with the inmate disciplinary oversight board, to compose a report detailing the number of inmates who earned sentence reduction credits, and to submit the report to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40 and 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 447 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, requires the department of correction, in consultation with the inmate disciplinary oversight board, to compose a report detailing the number of inmates who earned sentence reduction credits, and to submit the report to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41. Primary sponsor: Bud Hulsey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 15, 2026): Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee.

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
Bud HulseyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2

“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. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  2. Placed behind the budget
  3. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  6. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
  7. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  8. Sponsor(s) Added.
  9. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026
  10. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
  11. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
  12. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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