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

SB 662: 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 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

SB 662 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 31, 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: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 25, 2026): Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Raumesh AkbariPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29

“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. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
  2. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  3. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
  4. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
  5. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
  6. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
  7. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025
  9. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
  10. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
  11. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
  12. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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