NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With new legislation going into effect on Jan. 1, 2026, Tennessee will create a registry for habitual domestic violence offenders.
“Savanna’s Law” is named after Savanna Puckett, a 22-year-old Robertson County deputy who was murdered in her Springfield home in 2022. After an offender’s second conviction, their name, photo and the date and county of their convictions would be placed on the registry — and that information would stay on the registry for anywhere between two and 20 years.
“If we can save one person, then we’ve done our job,” Puckett’s mother, Kim Dodson, said. “…This ain’t about us. This ain’t about Savanna. This is about the next victim.”
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Earlier this year, Dodson told lawmakers that the man responsible for her daughter’s death — James Jackson Conn — showed up to Puckett’s Springfield home and shot her nine times before suffocating her dog and setting her home on fire. Conn had a record of domestic violence…