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TNHB0806PassAs enacted, makes revisions to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act of 1989, including expanding the definition of racketeering activity. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 12, Part 2.
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 487
TNHB1242PassAs enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly possess xylazine; makes it a Class C felony to knowingly manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine, or to knowingly possess xylazine with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine; provides ...
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB1056PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney gen...
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB1459PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney gen...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
TNSB1398PassAs enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly possess xylazine; makes it a Class C felony to knowingly manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine, or to knowingly possess xylazine with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine; provides ...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412
TNSB1475PassAs enacted, makes revisions to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act of 1989, including expanding the definition of racketeering activity. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 12, Part 2.
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB1013PassAs enacted, clarifies that a sheriff and sheriff's deputy are law enforcement officers for purposes of the criminal code; clarifies that a deputy jailer is a law enforcement officer only for the purposes of enhancement of a crime under the criminal c...
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2023-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB1491PassAs enacted, clarifies that a sheriff and sheriff's deputy are law enforcement officers for purposes of the criminal code; clarifies that a deputy jailer is a law enforcement officer only for the purposes of enhancement of a crime under the criminal c...
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2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 365
TNHB1008PassAs enacted, specifies that a course of conduct for purposes of stalking includes one instance of placing an electronic tracking device on a person or in or on a person's property, unless the electronic tracking device is placed by or at the direction...
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349
TNSB1223PassAs enacted, specifies that a course of conduct for purposes of stalking includes one instance of placing an electronic tracking device on a person or in or on a person's property, unless the electronic tracking device is placed by or at the direction...
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2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB1109PassAs enacted, adds to the offense of custodial interference, a parent or other family member who harbors or hides a child within or outside this state, knowing that the child has been placed in the custody of the department of children's services pursu...
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2023-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 286
TNHB1400PassAs enacted, requires certain persons convicted of rape, when the victim is 13-17, or incest, when the victim is a minor, to be punished as a Range II offender; allows the sentence imposed, if appropriate, to be within Range III but in no case lower t...
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2023-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 283
TNSB1219PassAs enacted, requires certain persons convicted of rape, when the victim is 13-17, or incest, when the victim is a minor, to be punished as a Range II offender; allows the sentence imposed, if appropriate, to be within Range III but in no case lower t...
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2023-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB1319PassAs enacted, adds to the offense of custodial interference, a parent or other family member who harbors or hides a child within or outside this state, knowing that the child has been placed in the custody of the department of children's services pursu...
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2023-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0253PassAs enacted, establishes the Class B misdemeanor of parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 189
TNSB0331PassAs enacted, establishes the Class B misdemeanor of parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0435PassAs enacted, increases the classification for voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 308
TNSB0467PassAs enacted, revises the punishment for critical infrastructure vandalism. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40 and Title 65, Chapter 35.
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 302
TNSB0442PassAs enacted, enacts "Dillard's Law," which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than fol...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0482PassAs enacted, revises the punishment for critical infrastructure vandalism. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40 and Title 65, Chapter 35.
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0548PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the possession of a device, tool, machine, implement, or other item capable of programming a smart key or key fob with the intent to use it or allow it to be used to commit theft. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0570PassAs enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the possession of a device, tool, machine, implement, or other item capable of programming a smart key or key fob with the intent to use it or allow it to be used to commit theft. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 304
TNHB0535PassAs enacted, enacts "Dillard's Law," which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than fol...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 217
TNHB0722PassAs enacted, increases the classification for voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0848PassAs enacted, broadens the offense of desecration of a venerable object by changing the culpable mental state from intentionally to recklessly or knowingly desecrating a place of worship or burial or a state or national flag. - Amends TCA Title 39, Cha...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 242
TNHB1193PassAs enacted, broadens the offense of desecration of a venerable object by changing the culpable mental state from intentionally to recklessly or knowingly desecrating a place of worship or burial or a state or national flag. - Amends TCA Title 39, Cha...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB1019PassAs enacted, generally requires by January 1, 2024, each law enforcement agency to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits an officer from using a drone or other substantially similar device as a weapon under any circumstances while in the exercis...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 326
TNHB1492PassAs enacted, generally requires by January 1, 2024, each law enforcement agency to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits an officer from using a drone or other substantially similar device as a weapon under any circumstances while in the exercis...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
TNHB0159PassAs enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school pro...
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2023-04-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 142
TNSB0172PassAs enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school pro...
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2023-04-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0005PassAs enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-04-25
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0018PassAs enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-04-25
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 155
TNHB0144PassAs enacted, changes from 25 to 17 the number of days of incarceration a person convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must serve before the person can participate in a substance abuse treatment program; requires...
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2023-04-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
TNSB0328PassAs enacted, changes from 25 to 17 the number of days of incarceration a person convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must serve before the person can participate in a substance abuse treatment program; requires...
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
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