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Subcommittee advances Safe at Home changes to full judiciary
Summary
The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee unanimously voted to send House Bill 15-52 to full judiciary. The sponsor said the bill lets a sibling be a co-applicant, allows out-of-state victims to enroll without a Tennessee protection order, and excludes entries on the persistent domestic violence offenders registry.
The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted unanimously to forward House Bill 15-52, a Secretary of State Office bill, to the full judiciary committee.
The sponsor told the panel the measure makes three main changes to the Safe at Home program: it permits a sibling to be a co-applicant, clarifies that a victim moving to Tennessee from another state need not have a Tennessee order of protection to enroll, and adds the persistent domestic violence offenders registry to the list of program exclusions. "The Safe at Home program provides victims of domestic violence and other crimes a substitute address," the sponsor said, explaining why the changes are needed. The committee recorded 8 ayes and 0 nos on the motion to send the bill forward.
The bill will next be considered by the full judiciary committee. No fiscal or implementation details were discussed on the record during the subcommittee hearing.
