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Tennessee Senate · Mar 25, 2025

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2)

Result: pass

SB 944: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

Totals

YeaNay
Democratic20
Republican70
Total90

Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.

All voters

LegislatorPosition
Todd Gardenhire(Republican)Yea
Bobby Harshbarger(Republican)Yea
Sara Kyle(Democratic)Yea
London Lamar(Democratic)Yea
Kerry Roberts(Republican)Yea
Paul Rose(Republican)Yea
Robert Stevens(Republican)Yea
Brent Taylor(Republican)Yea
Mark White(Republican)Yea