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TNSB1830Intro
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As introduced, requires a person to obtain an enhanced handgun permit or a concealed handgun carry permit to carry a handgun in certain counties; requires the department of safety to create a three-year pilot program in certain counties that waives t...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2192Intro
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As introduced, creates an offense for a person to possess or manufacture an ammunition feeding device that has capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, unless certain circumstances apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2573Intro
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As introduced, specifies that punishment for organized retail theft or shoplifting should not be less than a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 68.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2887Intro
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As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2263Intro
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As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2782Intro
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As introduced, creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly removes a minor from this state without the consent of a parent of the minor for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining a healthcare procedure that is for the pu...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1501Intro
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As introduced, changes the date, from February 1 to January 15, by which the commissioner must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amen...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1952Intro
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As introduced, allows a court to charge the cost of an attorney ad litem in a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding against the property of the respondent, the petitioner, or any other party or partially to any one or more of them as determined ...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2680Intro
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As introduced, requires a general sessions court judge to return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within 60 days, rather than 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 16.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2253Intro
25%
As introduced, extends, from three business days to five business days, the time in which a provider must send a claimant's medical records to a requesting party after receipt of payment for the records. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1479Intro
25%
As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB0893Intro
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As introduced, removes driver licenses from the list of licenses that can be revoked for failure to pay child support; removes process for issuance of a restricted driver license for a person who is enrolled in a payment plan to pay child support arr...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2785Intro
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As introduced, clarifies when a person, who has been sentenced to the punishment of death and the jury has determined that the sentence must be expedited, has concluded any appeal and exhausted all available methods of post-conviction relief; require...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2459Intro
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As introduced, requires the department, the department of children's services, the Tennessee council of juvenile and family court judges, and state and local law enforcement agencies to each submit a separate report to the general assembly listing al...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1746Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms Act," which permits a person to voluntarily waive their firearm rights through filing a waiver with the clerk of the circuit court in the county of the person's residence or with the...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2710Intro
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As introduced, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2439Intro
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As introduced, creates a sentencing enhancement factor for a defendant who wears a mask or other device that conceals the defendant's identity during the commission of an offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1971Intro
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As introduced, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor for the wrongful death of an unborn child that was aborted. - Amend...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2688Intro
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As introduced, directs the department to conduct a study, utilizing existing resources, on the effectiveness of state programs incentivizing students to pursue careers in mental health care; requires the study to include an analysis of similar progra...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2488Intro
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As introduced, requires a court to order the revocation of a person's driver license if the person is convicted of the offense of reckless endangerment involving the display of a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the person has a prior convicti...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2034Intro
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As introduced, increases, from $1,000 to $5,000, the fine for transporting into the state, for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, an individual who the person knows or should have known has illegally entered or remained in...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2287Intro
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As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly or recklessly permitting a child under 12 years of age to have access to or possession, custody, or use of a firearm unless the person has the permission of the child's parent or guardian, t...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB0652Intro
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As introduced, requires a copy of a submitted complaint to be provided to the applicable licensed court reporter within five calendar days, instead of business days, of receipt by the Tennessee board of court reporting. - Amends TCA Title 20.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2554Intro
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As introduced, makes various changes to the requirements for investigating sexual offenses, including requiring all law enforcement personnel involved in investigating sexual assault crimes to complete a minimum of 16 hours annually of sensitivity tr...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2056Intro
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As introduced, specifies that if a man has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, then the man and the mother of the child born out of wedlock are legal parents of the child; specifies that the mother of a child born out of wedlock is the ...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2886Intro
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As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer who becomes aware that an order of protection has been entered against a person in the officer’s presence but has not been served on the person to take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2280Intro
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As introduced, requires the bureau to report its findings on criminal background checks to persons, organizations, or entities who request such information within five business days of the bureau's completion of the background check. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2517Intro
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As introduced, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2160Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Anti-Road Rage Act of 2024"; creates a Class E felony for the reckless discharge of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor for the reckless brandishing or display of ...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2048Intro
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As introduced, increases the limit on the amount of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers that a pharmacy may sell or a person may purchase in a 30-day period from 5.76 grams to 7.2 grams;...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2912Intro
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As introduced, removes the offense of possessing a weapon in a building that prohibits or restricts weapons; allows a person with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun into a business that prohibits or restricts weapons; removes penalti...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2233Intro
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As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor without parental consent or a person who is ineligible to possess a firearm is likely to gain access to the firearm; provides an exce...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2855Intro
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As introduced, creates one additional circuit court in the 23rd judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2574Intro
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As introduced, increases from Class E and Class D to a Class C felony the classification of theft of a firearm valued at less than $60,000 and related offenses; specifies that it is a Class C felony to receive, possess, store, barter, sell, transfer,...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2832Intro
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As introduced, extends the time period in which a general sessions court judge has to return a marriage license that the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the county clerk from 30 days to 35 days. - Amends TCA Title 16.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2752Intro
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As introduced, requires monthly reports from a volunteer of the office of community contact within the department of education evaluating the progress of the juvenile assigned to the volunteer. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 40; Tit...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2049Intro
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As introduced, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2468Intro
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As introduced, authorizes the retail sale of marijuana; levies a 12 percent tax on the retail sale of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2123Intro
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As introduced, creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person provides to a gun dealer or private seller of firearms what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of ...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2304Intro
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As introduced, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2551Intro
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As introduced, permits parents to request electronically a copy of the child's report card, notice of school attendance, names of teachers, class schedules, standardized test scores, and any other records customarily available to parents. - Amends TC...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2044Intro
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As introduced, states that, for inmates serving a sentence of two years or more for an offense committed on or after July 1, 2024, sentence reduction credits shall not operate to alter the defendant's sentence expiration date, but may be used to redu...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2793Intro
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As introduced, requires a judge who enters into a deferred discipline agreement regarding a matter before the board of judicial conduct to sign an affidavit stating that the judge consents to the recommendation of the investigative panel, the consent...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2041Intro
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As introduced, specifies that a person or entity that produces, sells, sends, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable for damages to an injured party. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9.
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1869Intro
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As introduced, requires clerks of court to collect and report a finding that a person is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding to the federal bureau of investigation and department of safety; prohibits the purchase or possession of a fi...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2860Intro
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As introduced, removes an outdated provision that required the department to report to the chairs of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and appear before the education, health, and general welfare joi...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB1693Intro
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As introduced, creates an office of gun violence prevention within the department of safety with the goal of collecting and analyzing gun violence data in this state to develop and implement strategies to prevent gun violence and mass shootings; plac...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2555Intro
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As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intima...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB0877Intro
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As introduced, establishes an extended juvenile court jurisdiction pilot project through which a juvenile court in Davidson County or Shelby County may choose to proceed with a case against a juvenile that could be transferred to criminal court as an...
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2024-03-27
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TNSB2871Intro
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As introduced, increases the penalty for illegally transferring a firearm to a minor from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony and requires that an adult who is convicted be punished as criminally responsible for any resulting crime; creates the...
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2024-03-27
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