Tennessee House of Representatives 112th House Criminal Justice Committee, 1 Mar 2022

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House Corrections Sub Committee - March 1, 2022 - House Hearing Room 4

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Here we go at the that's a corn plus one good afternoon. It is 4 30 on the afternoon of march. The first I am told spring is coming and no one could be happier than me.

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um I understand the cold weather, it's the long nights. um Let's, uh let's take uh take the role there. Madam secretary.

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Representatives, eldridge kiesling.

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Moon powell, chairman halsey here, mr chairman, you have a quorum.

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Thank you very much. um Is there any personal orders?

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This is a quick committee. All right item number one on the calendar is house bill 2036. It has been taken off notice, which brings us to item number two house bill 1913 by chairman eldridge you'll recognize sir.

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Motion in a second thank you chairman thank thank you committee.

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This bill comes out from a situation that occurred regarding a family in hamlin county.

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An inmate have passed away, the family was unable to to claim the body uh to to deal with the burial or how they wanted to handle the body. Fortunately, this inmate had had uh asked to be cremated and he they they worked it out with the coroner and everything that they got.

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They got him, they got it taken care of, but a situation was came to light that there's some discrepancies between title 41 and title 68, and it's in reference to title 41 deals with correctional institution institutes and inmates, um and and what what's taken place is that in in current language, it says that the deceased person uh it should be decently, interred rather than cremated, and then the state bears the cost on this.

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So so this would allow when, in a situation where the family that is left up to the state, to to take care of the disposition of the remains that this would allow the state to cremate the bare bones. Burial is typically around thirty. Five hundred to four thousand dollars on the low side cremation comes in somewhere around twelve hundred uh to two thousand dollars and that that's what this bill is basically does, and I know uh tori is here from the department of corrections as well. If you have okay.

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Chairman thank you and I failed to get the amendment on the bill. So I'm assuming.

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I'm sorry, sir, that's all right! I'm assuming.

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The explanation of the bill will be with the amendment on it, so.

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I believe so, yes, sir.

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What's your amendment code, my.

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Amendment code is 14 365., that's.

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What I have as well is there, it is untimely filed, is, or somebody makes, a motion.

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There is a there is a move that we give consideration. Is there a second? There is a second all right. We are voting now to consider this uh untimely filed amendment. All those in favor say aye, all those opposed, no all right the eyes of habit. We have considered the amendment now. Do you have any additions or corrections to the amendment before we put it on the bill? No.

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Sir, that that pretty well is sums it up.

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Okay, is there a motion to put the amendment on the bill so move? Second, all right, all those in favor say aye all opposed. No amendment goes on the bill. Does it change any of the explanation that you get no.

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Mr chairman, it's pretty much as it's as stated: okay,.

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Any questions for the sponsor uh representative powell.

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Thank you, and I appreciate the uh explanation chairman just so I and fully understand this. So if someone dies, if they did not have direct basically say how they wanted to, you know, be cremated or buried or interred, is it then a default to be cremated, or that does not impact this bill? Is that correct.

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Representative.

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The thank you and thank you for that question. The I think the discrepancy in the to in the title 41 and title 68, uh the in in this particular situation, the the inmate had asked to be cremated, but in any other situation where there was not a a will in place and the family could not claim the the remains, then the the department of corrections currently prescribes to the interred they they due to the the way the current law is written.

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And um so I appreciate that so essentially this would this allow in that situation, for that person could have been cremated, um even though they weren't, because the code didn't match up that that was allowable. Is that correct.

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This would allow that to take place that it would be they would automatically you know, go to cremation rather than than than burial. Okay, thank you. Thank you.

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Any other questions for the sponsor of the bill call for the question. All right. We're voting on house bill 1913., all those in favor say: aye opposed no, the eyes have it and it moves on to full committee. Of course it does.

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We're chairman keisling, of course, then we'll hear this bill. All right. Is there any other business that the committee needs to take care of today? All right is there a motion to adjourn so move adjourned.

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