Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

ON APRIL 10, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 806, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to provide that the criteria established by the department of correction for awarding credits for good institutional behavior must include a requirement that the inmate complete a department-approved validated risk and needs assessment and participate in programming or employment in order for the inmate to be eligible to earn sentence credits for good institutional behavior. ON APRIL 20, 2023, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 806 FOR HOUSE BILL 1476, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 806, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 adds a requirement that the department administer the risk and needs assessment to an inmate, regardless of where the inmate is housed, unless the local jail is administering the risk and needs assessment.