Advocates say Governor Bill Lee showed commitment to his 2021 Reentry Success Act by vetoing legislation that would have tightened parole requirements.

Governor Lee vetoed SB0455/HB0527 Monday and sent a letter to the lieutenant governor and the speaker saying the law would ...

Governor Bill Lee vetoed a bill that would allow the Tennessee Board of Parole to deny parole requests solely due to ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for ...

The legislation would have given the state parole board more discretion to deny parole to state prisoners. The House passed the bill 75-16 on April 16 and the Senate passed it 22-4 on March 27. Gov.

Alongside the Tennessee State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Tennessee state government and works alongside the governor of Tennessee to create laws and establish a state budget.