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Yes: 137 • No: 33
TennesseeHB 0601114th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to post-conviction relief.
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Signed by Governor
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More ways to challenge Tennessee convictions
Effective when it became law, this Tennessee law expands a court remedy called coram nobis to challenge criminal convictions. It covers convictions after trial and guilty, best-interest, or no-contest pleas. For plea convictions, the defendant and district attorney general must present the claim together, and proceedings begin by court order. Claims are limited to errors outside the court record and matters not raised, or impossible to raise, in earlier proceedings. Those proceedings include trial, requests for a new trial, appeals, and habeas corpus challenges to detention. Newly discovered evidence can concern matters addressed at trial or unknown when the plea was entered. The defendant must show they were not at fault for failing to present that evidence earlier. The judge must find that the evidence may have led to a different judgment. Trial defendants must notify the district attorney general; death penalty cases require notice to the attorney general and reporter. Civil coram nobis procedures apply unless they conflict with this law. Judges cannot use the writ to pause enforcement of the judgment. The court can require the person holding the defendant in custody to bring them to the hearing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Clay Doggett
Republican • House
Andrew Farmer
Republican • House
T.J. Hardaway
Democrat • House
Torrey C. Harris
Democrat • House
Bud Hulsey
Republican • House
Harold Love, Jr.
Democrat • House
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat • House
Towns
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2025
Yes: 24 • No: 6
House vote • 4/7/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025
Yes: 85 • No: 7
House vote • 4/7/2025
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 11 • No: 9
House vote • 4/2/2025
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Yes: 11 • No: 8
House vote • 3/26/2025
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 3
Bill Text
HA0273 (Substitute)
4/7/2025
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
SA0139
SA0361
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