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TNSB1747PassAs enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are a...
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1757PassAs enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are a...
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1086
TNSB1814PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a property corner monument, historic land surveying monument, or geodetic control ...
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1815PassAs enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1900PassAs enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimu...
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1992PassAs enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert wi...
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1951PassAs enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1098
TNHB2026PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a property corner monument, historic land surveying monument, or geodetic control ...
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1097
TNHB2079PassAs enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert wi...
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1109
TNSB2372PassAs enacted, makes revisions to the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 57.
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB2140PassAs enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1124
TNHB2301PassAs enacted, makes revisions to the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 57.
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1131
TNSB2265PassAs enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB2468PassAs enacted, makes revisions to law relative to offenses occurring at a house of worship. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB2309PassAs enacted, makes revisions to law relative to offenses occurring at a house of worship. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1140
TNHB2428PassAs enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimu...
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2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1104
TNSB1225PassAs enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 05/05/2026
TNHB1354PassAs enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 886
TNSB1492PassAs enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to study the status of the crime stoppers programs across the state and make recommendations to enhance such programs. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1787PassAs enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 1...
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2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1924PassAs enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to study the status of the crime stoppers programs across the state and make recommendations to enhance such programs. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 967
TNHB2368PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense when a person operates an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of or above a ticketed entertainment event; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; T...
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2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB2543PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense when a person operates an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of or above a ticketed entertainment event; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; T...
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2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 918
TNSB2178PassAs enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 1...
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2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 959
TNSB2471PassAs enacted, includes in the offense of criminal trespass intrusion on property, or any portion of property, without the consent of the owner, by driving, parking, or otherwise operating a motorized vehicle or bicycle. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 29;...
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2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB2284PassAs enacted, includes in the offense of criminal trespass intrusion on property, or any portion of property, without the consent of the owner, by driving, parking, or otherwise operating a motorized vehicle or bicycle. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 29;...
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2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 907
TNSB1170PassAs enacted, provides that a person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, the person solicits, directs, aids, or attempts to aid anothe...
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2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 939
TNHB1372PassAs enacted, provides that a person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, the person solicits, directs, aids, or attempts to aid anothe...
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2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1467PassAs enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
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2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 943
TNHB1484PassAs enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
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2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
TNHB1624PassAs enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offen...
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2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1649PassAs enacted, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates certain criminal offenses and testing requirements related to Kratom. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
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2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1656PassAs enacted, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates certain criminal offenses and testing requirements related to Kratom. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
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2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 950
TNHB1668PassAs enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person w...
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2026-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB1717PassAs enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offen...
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2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 949
TNSB1737PassAs enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person w...
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2026-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
TNHB0555PassAs enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-14
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB0671PassAs enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2026-05-14
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 930
TNHB2014PassAs enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leav...
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2026-05-05
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715
TNSB2138PassAs enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leav...
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2026-05-05
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB0375PassAs enacted, defines "seriously bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another p...
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2026-05-05
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 875
TNHB0359PassAs enacted, defines "seriously bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another p...
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2026-05-05
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNSB2466PassAs enacted, makes various changes to the law relative to fraudulent freight theft. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28; Title 37; Title 38...
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2026-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB2147PassAs enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
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2026-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 868
TNSB2434PassAs enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
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2026-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB2139PassAs enacted, makes various changes to the law relative to fraudulent freight theft. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28; Title 37; Title 38...
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2026-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 871
TNSB0591PassAs enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes anothe...
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2026-04-28
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
TNHB1273PassAs enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes anothe...
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2026-04-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 780
TNSB2644PassAs enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.
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2026-04-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777
TNHB2279PassAs enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.
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2026-04-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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