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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Mike Osborne) Legislation that could dramatically reduce time served for Tennessean’s convicted of first degree murder passed the State Senate Thursday with strong bipartisan support.
The proposal would allow felons sentenced to life seek parole after serving 25 years of their term, rather than the current 51 years.
The measure does not apply to those serving life without the possibility of parole.
The bill passed the Senate Thursday by a vote of 26 to 4. Among those voting no were GOP House Speaker Randy McNally and Murfreesboro Republican Senator Dawn White.
With the State Legislature expected to end its yearly session within days, the House companion bills has yet to be heard in any committee.
With Florida âanti-riotâ bill looming, St. Petersburg protesters return to the streets
The legislation thatâs sitting on Gov. Ron DeSantisâ desk had marchers worried as they protested police violence on Friday night.
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People listen while several organizers speak outside St. Petersburg City Hall ahead of a march in solidarity against racism and police brutality on Friday. About 100 people gathered to march. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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ST. PETERSBURG â With controversial âanti-riotâ legislation sitting on the governorâs desk, local activists marched in downtown St. Petersburg Friday, expressing solidarity in the wake of the latest deaths at the hands of police â and wondering what would come next.
A bill up for a vote in the State Senate Thursday is drawing strong opposition and concern from a number of Republican lawmakers at the Jersey Shore and beyond.
The A4454/S2781 measure seeks to add diversity and inclusion education grades K-12 in schools across the state which would also include lessons on equity, tolerance and belonging while encouraging safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all students regardless of race or ethnicity, sexual and gender identities, mental and physical disabilities, and religious beliefs ,
The bill went through the Assembly once and is now at the Senate level.
Ocean County 10th District (which covers northern Ocean County) Senator Jim Holzapfel said in a statement that he will vote “no” on the bill which would mandate public schools incorporate sexual and gender identity into the curriculum.