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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to recommend a bill that would require increased reporting of law enforcement run-ins with illegal immigrants.
Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston-District 12) presented Senate Bill 0750 (SB0750) before the Committee, noting that the legislation “requires each law enforcement agency, except for the Tennessee bureau of investigation, to report monthly to the department of safety each interaction that the law enforcement agency had with illegal aliens over the previous month.”
It also “requires that such report include the date of the interaction, the number of illegal aliens encountered, and a description of identification documents, if any, in their possession.”
The Department of Safety would also be required to provide a report including “an assessment of the population of illegal aliens residing in this state and any associated criminal enterprises” to the General Assembly by December 1st of each year or at the request of either the House or Senate speaker.
With no questions or comments on the bill, a vote was taken. The legislation passed with 5 ayes and 2 nays coming from Democratic Senators Sara Kyle and London Lamar.
The companion House Bill 0833 (HB0833), sponsored by State Representative Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown-District 38) is set to be heard by the House State and Local Government Committee on April 2.
HB0833/SB0750 Summary: As introduced, requires each law enforcement agency, except for the Tennessee bureau of investigation, to report monthly to the department of safety each interaction that the law enforcement agency had with illegal aliens over the previous month; requires that such report include the date of the interaction, the number of illegal aliens encountered, and a description of identification documents, if any, in their possession. – Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68.
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