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SB0662Introduced in the Senate

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52, relative to mental health evaluations.

IntroducedSenate Judiciary

Introduced by Raumesh Akbari, District 29

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

March 25, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  4. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  5. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  6. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  7. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025

  8. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  9. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025

  10. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  11. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  12. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026

  13. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026

  14. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026

  15. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026

  16. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  17. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

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