Sentencing - As introduced, increases from one year to three years the amount of time a defendant receiving a split sentence of confinement and probation may be required to serve a portion of the sentence in continuous confinement in the local jail or workhouse; specifies that the state is responsible for all costs of incarceration after the first year. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

SENATE BILL 2619

By Yarbro

HOUSE BILL 2285

By Mitchell

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40

and Title 41, relative to the sentencing of criminal

defendants.