AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, relative to detection of criminal patterns.
Summary
HB0305 would create a new part in Title 38 requiring law enforcement agencies to send automatic notifications about calls for emergency assistance services at rental homes and apartment complexes to a qualified nonprofit organization, if that organization has registered the property address with the agency. The bill defines a qualified nonprofit organization as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) entity. It also allows rental property owners or managers to contact a registered nonprofit to receive these notifications for their properties.
The stated purpose is to help detect and act on crime patterns at rental properties. In practice, the bill establishes a notification-sharing mechanism between police and eligible nonprofits, and then between those nonprofits and property owners or managers, focused on repeated emergency calls or other service calls tied to specific rental locations. The act would take effect immediately upon becoming law.
Impact
The bill would add a new statutory framework to Tennessee Code Annotated Title 38 governing the sharing of emergency-assistance call information for rental properties. It would impose a duty on law enforcement agencies to provide automatic notifications to registered qualified nonprofit organizations, and it would create a pathway for property owners and managers to opt in to receive those notifications through such organizations. The measure primarily affects law enforcement agencies, nonprofit housing or community organizations, and rental property owners/managers, while leaving the details of registration and implementation to the participating parties and agencies.
Sentiment
No committee transcripts or recorded votes were provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate, support, or opposition in the available record. Based on the bill text alone, the measure appears intended as a public-safety and crime-prevention tool rather than a controversial policy change. Its framing around detecting criminal patterns suggests a generally preventive, law-enforcement-oriented purpose.
Contention
The main potential point of contention is the role of law enforcement in automatically sharing call-for-service information with outside nonprofit entities, even though the bill limits participation to registered 501(c)(3) organizations and to properties whose addresses have been registered for that purpose. Supporters would likely emphasize crime-pattern detection, property management, and neighborhood safety, while critics might raise concerns about privacy, data sharing, administrative burden on police, or the appropriateness of involving nonprofits in police notification systems. Because no discussion transcript is available, specific positions by legislators or stakeholders cannot be identified.