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Committee approves cleanup changes to Tennessee's persistent domestic‑violence offender registry
Summary
Representative Kumar outlined technical clarifications to Tennessee's persistent domestic violence offender registry established under 2025 public chapter 520 — including conviction definitions, time‑period clarifications and recognition of out‑of‑state convictions — and the committee advanced the cleanup bill to full judiciary.
Representative Kumar said HB 25‑67 is a cleanup and follow‑up to the 2025 law that created the persistent domestic violence offender registry, noting widespread interest from other states and positive response from stakeholders. "This is a clean up and follow-up bill for public chapter 520 that we passed in 2025 to create the persistent domestic violence offender registry," Kumar said, summarizing clarifications to convictions that trigger placement, time periods on the registry and the treatment of out‑of‑state convictions.
Kumar told the committee the bill clarifies court-clerk documentation requirements to TBI and timing for payment due; the amendment was adopted and the committee voted to send HB 25‑67 as amended on to full judiciary.
