Tennessee · 114 session · house
HB 1089Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.
- Status
- Signed into law
- Latest action
- — Effective date(s) 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026
- Primary sponsor
- Sexton
- Criminal Offenses
Sponsors
- Sexton · primaryprimary