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Committee advances bill to create family advisory board for incarcerated individuals
Summary
House Bill 21-11 would create a nine-member state family advisory board to support families of incarcerated individuals; the committee heard brief testimony from an executive director of a related nonprofit and voted 6-0 to advance the measure to full committee.
Chairman Boyd described HB 21-11 as establishing a state family advisory board to support families of incarcerated individuals and to advise on matters affecting loved ones of people in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction. The board would comprise nine members appointed by the governor and legislative leaders, meet quarterly and be equally divided among the three grand divisions.
Tim Leeper, introduced himself as "Tim Leeper with Kylan Slides is the executive director" and urged the committee to adopt the bill as a liaison to improve family communication with the TDOC. After brief discussion the committee voted 6-0 to move the measure to full committee.
