Bill > HB1640

This bill, known as "Jillian's Law," makes various changes to Tennessee's laws related to mental health and firearm possession. The key provisions include: 1. Expanding the definition of "adjudicated as a mental defective" to include certain court findings of insanity or incompetence to stand trial. 2. Creating a rebuttable presumption that a person found incompetent to stand trial due to intellectual disability or mental illness meets the criteria for involuntary commitment. 3. Requiring a person committed after being found incompetent to stand trial to remain committed until their competency is restored or, if competency cannot be restored, until the court approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for community safety. 4. Making it a Class A misdemeanor for a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution to possess a firearm. 5. Prohibiting the knowing purchase or attempted purchase of a firearm by a person who has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective. The bill amends various sections of Tennessee Code Annotated, including Titles 16, 33, 37, 39, and 40, and takes effect on July 1, 2024.