HB2099

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 39, relative to victim testimony.

Introduced·2/2/26
Draft Text

HB2099 amends Tennessee law to require a judge to find that a child's CCTV testimony does not unduly prejudice the defendant.

HB2099 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 39 to change how victim testimony is handled in court. It requires a trial judge to determine that ordering a child's testimony via two-way CCTV does not unduly prejudice the defendant. The bill also allows the judge to make this determination without the child needing to testify or be present in the courtroom.

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History

Feb 5

House

P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

Feb 5

House

Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Feb 4

House

Intro., P1C.