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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 320
SENATE BILL NO. 533
By Stevens, Lowe, Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 351
By Hurt, Bricken, Howell
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, relative to electronic monitoring for work
release.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-2-152, is amended by deleting
subsection (b) and substituting instead:
(b) If the prisoner is released for paid employment, then the cost of the electronic
monitoring device must be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly
to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable. If a prisoner
is released for unpaid work, then the entity utilizing the prisoner for work shall pay the costs of
the electronic monitoring device.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-2-152(a), is amended by deleting the
language "beginning January 1, 2024,".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 533
PASSED: Apri I 15, 2025
RANDY¥cNALLY
SPEAKER OF TH/lSENA TE
CAMEROtt'SEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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