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House updates Safe at Home address‑confidentiality program and passes bill
Summary
The House passed a substituted bill updating the Safe at Home address‑confidentiality program: it allows a sibling to be a co‑applicant, clarifies interstate enrollment without a new protective order, and adds specified registries to preclude participation.
Chairman Powers explained that House Bill 15‑52 (substituted to Senate Bill 1640) updates the Safe at Home address‑confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence and other crimes, including three specific changes: allowing a sibling to be a co‑applicant, clarifying that a victim moving from another state need not obtain a new Tennessee order to enroll, and adding Savannah's Law to the list of registries that preclude participation.
"That program provides victims of domestic violence and other crimes a substitute address so the abuser cannot discover the victim's home address during public records," Powers said, summarizing the bill's intent to improve program access and clarity. The House passed the substituted bill on final consideration.
