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Subcommittee approves extension of vehicular-homicide statute-of-limitations after grieving mother's plea
Summary
An amendment to House Bill 24-32, prompted by a Knoxville constituent whose son died in a post-game crash, would extend the statute of limitations for vehicular homicide; sponsor said the department requested a 10-year increase and the subcommittee forwarded the bill unanimously.
Representative McKenzie described an amendment to House Bill 24-32 that responds to a constituent (Michelle Lawson) whose son was killed after a UT football game and whose family was told a one-year statute of limitations blocked further investigation. McKenzie said Tennessee ranks high in pedestrian fatalities and that the amendment, pushed by the department, would extend the statute of limitations for vehicular homicide by 10 years.
Committee members offered no objections and the subcommittee voted 7–0 to send HB 24-32, as amended, to full judiciary. McKenzie noted the amendment was intended to align statute lengths with investigative realities and to give grieving families more time to pursue inquiries.
