2025SB 455

Restoring Accountability in Parole Decisions

2025 - Tennessee House of Representatives

Conservatives Support

Description

This bill removes restrictions on the board of parole's ability to deny parole based solely on the seriousness of the offense, granting greater discretion for any offense. It ensures that justice is prioritized over leniency for dangerous offenders. CPAC supported this bill The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-27 by a vote of 22-4. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-16 by a vote of 75-16. The bill did not become law.

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Legislators · 99

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Rebecca Alexander TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
Fred Atchley TN	Republican	82%	Conservative
Jody Barrett TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Charlie Baum TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
Aftyn Behn TN	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Clark Boyd TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Rush Bricken TN	Republican	83%	Conservative
Shaundelle Brooks TN	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Gino Bulso TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
Jeff Burkhart TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Ed Butler TN	Republican	91%	Conservative
Karen Camper TN	Democrat	23%	Leftist
Kip Capley TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Michele Carringer TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Scott Cepicky TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Jesse Chism TN	Democrat	33%	Conservative
John Clemmons TN	Democrat	20%	Leftist
Mark Cochran TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
John Crawford TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Tandy Darby TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Elaine Davis TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Vincent Dixie TN	Democrat	12%	Leftist
Clay Doggett TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
Rick Eldridge TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Jeremy Faison TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Andrew Farmer TN	Republican	83%	Conservative
Bob Freeman TN	Democrat	24%	Did Not Vote
Monty Fritts TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Ron Gant TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Johnny Garrett TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
John Gillespie TN	Republican	83%	Did Not Vote
Ronnie Glynn TN	Democrat	32%	Did Not Vote
Rusty Grills TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Yusuf Hakeem TN	Democrat	29%	Leftist
Michael Hale TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
G. A. Hardaway TN	Democrat	20%	Leftist
Torrey Harris TN	Democrat	19%	Leftist
Kirk Haston TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
David Hawk TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Esther Helton TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
Caleb Hemmer TN	Democrat	26%	Did Not Vote
Gary Hicks TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
Tim Hicks TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Timothy Hill TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Dan Howell TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Bud Hulsey TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Chris Hurt TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Gloria Johnson TN	Democrat	11%	Leftist
Justin Jones TN	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Renea Jones TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Kelly Keisling TN	Republican	78%	Conservative
Sabi Kumar TN	Republican	83%	Conservative
Justin Lafferty TN	Republican	91%	Conservative
William Lamberth TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
Tom Leatherwood TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Mary Littleton TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Harold Love TN	Democrat	21%	Leftist
Susan Lynn TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Aron Maberry TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Pat Marsh TN	Republican	84%	Conservative
Greg Martin TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Brock Martin TN	Republican	91%	Conservative
Jake McCalmon TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Sam McKenzie TN	Democrat	25%	Leftist
Larry Miller TN	Democrat	26%	Conservative
Bo Mitchell TN	Democrat	24%	Leftist
Debra Moody TN	Republican	89%	Conservative
Jerome Moon TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Antonio Parkinson TN	Democrat	28%	Did Not Vote
Justin Pearson TN	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Jason Powell TN	Democrat	20%	Did Not Vote
Dennis Powers TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Kevin Raper TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Jay Reedy TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Lee Reeves TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Michele Reneau TN	Republican	100%	Conservative
Tim Rudd TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Iris Rudder TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Lowell Russell TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Gabby Salinas TN	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Richard Scarbrough TN	Republican	94%	Conservative
Cameron Sexton TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Johnny Shaw TN	Democrat	41%	Conservative
Paul Sherrell TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
William Slater TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Mike Sparks TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Robert Stevens TN	Republican	88%	Conservative
Tom Stinnett TN	Republican	—	Did Not Vote
Bryan Terry TN	Republican	89%	Conservative
Chris Todd TN	Republican	87%	Conservative
Joe Towns Jr TN	Democrat	24%	Leftist
Ron Travis TN	Republican	85%	Conservative
Kevin Vaughan TN	Republican	83%	Conservative
Greg Vital TN	Republican	90%	Conservative
Todd Warner TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Mark White TN	Republican	82%	Conservative
Ryan Williams TN	Republican	87%	Did Not Vote
Dave Wright TN	Republican	86%	Conservative
Jason Zachary TN	Republican	85%	Conservative