Victims’ Rights/ Electronic Notification of Parole – Gives crime victims a choice to receive notifications electronically. Tennessee’s Victims’ Bill of Rights declares that victims and witnesses have the right to be notified by the Department of Correction of an offender’s parole hearing date and when that offender will be eligible for parole. • It permits victims or their victim representative to be notified by electronic means, provided they have registered with the state’s electronic notification service. • It also allows for cancellation of this notification service electronically.
Senate Bill 2235 / by Norris, Watson, Swann / Status: Public Chapter 598 / Effective Date: July 1, 2018