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.
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Introduced
2Passed Senate
3Passed House
4To Governor
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2026
Mar 25Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary CommitteeLatest
Mar 24Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
Mar 24Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
Mar 23Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
Mar 23Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
Mar 18Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
2025
Apr 8Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary CommitteeMinor
Apr 2Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025
Apr 2Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
Apr 1Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
Apr 1Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
Mar 31Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
Mar 31Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
Mar 26Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
Feb 12Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary CommitteeMinor
Feb 10Introduced, Passed on First ConsiderationMinor