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                                       HOUSE BILL 7105
                                          By Pearson AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16;
                                           Title 18; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39,
                                           relative to records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
       SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-3-812, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
              (c) To ensure the accuracy and integrity of Tennessee background check systems, the AOC shall ensure that all circuit, criminal, chancery, general sessions, and county courts accurately, completely, and timely submit relevant information into either the TBI's FlexCheck database or directly to the TBI for entry into the TICS database.
       SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following new section:
              The Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) shall review all databases of
       criminal history background information maintained by the TBI to determine how the process for submitting information to databases could be improved. By January 1, 2024,
       the TBI shall submit a report to the governor and the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives that identifies any barriers to complete, accurate, and timely reporting of information that is accessible in criminal history databases maintained by the TBI.
       SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 16-3-812