State Representative Bud Hulsey’s Truth In Sentencing Bill Has Been Sent To Summer Study. Hulsey’s Bill Would Prohibit An Inmate From Using Sentencing Credits Until The Inmate Has Served The Minimum Time Behind Bars. He Amended The Bill To Include Only Violent Felons. Hulsey Filed The Bill After James Hamm, Convicted In The 2014 Drunken Hit-And-Run That Killed Kingsport Businessman And Husley’s Friend Mike Locke, Was Denied Parole Last Year.