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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 418

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 239

                                                              By Taylor

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 40

                               By Reedy, White, Williams, Hardaway, Littleton, Davis

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to juveniles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1.

                    (a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR)
          shall study:

                              (1) The current availability of local juvenile detention centers and other
                    facilities for the housing and treatment of juveniles detained prior to an adjudicatory
                    hearing, and whether there is a need for additional local juvenile detention centers or
                    other facilities for the housing and treatment of juvenile offenders detained prior to an
                    adjudicatory hearing; and

                              (2) The current availability of housing and other treatment facilities for juvenile
                    offenders who have been adjudicated delinquent and committed to the custody of the
                    department of children's services, and whether there is a need for additional housing
                    or other treatment facilities for those juvenile offenders.

                    (b) TACIR may request information and input from the department of children's
          services and other appropriate state and local governmental entities, as necessary, and such
          an entity shall comply with TACIR's request. The study must be conducted from TACIR's
          existing resources.

                    (c) On or before January 31, 2026, TACIR shall report its findings and
          recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to each member of the general
          assembly and shall provide a copy to the legislative librarian. The report may be delivered
          electronically.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 239

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Cf~ APPROVED this  day of ~ !          2025

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                   BILL LEE, GOVERNOR