Tennessee SB 77: State Inmates - As introduced, changes the definition of a "detainee day" for purposes of compensating a county for holding a state prisoner from the date the prisoner is sentenced to the department of correction to the date the prisoner is convicted by the trial court; and allows commissioner to retroactively compensate a county back to the initial date of incarceration if the trial judge grants the prisoner credit for time served and time spent in jail pending appeal. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 8.

Status: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee (as of 2019-03-29)

State: Tennessee · Session: 111 · Bill: SB 77

Subjects: State Inmates

Sponsors: Kurita

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