Bill to create domestic violence offender registry passes Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers are working to pass a bill to create a registry for domestic violence offenders.

HB 1200, sponsored by Representative Sabi Kumar (R-Springfield), would enact “Savanna’s Law,” creating a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders maintained by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. It passed the House unanimously and is headed to the Senate for a vote.

Kumar told the story of a woman, Savanna, who was a patrol deputy with a local sheriff’s office before she was shot and killed by a man she had previously dated…

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