Criminal Offenses
Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-101 and Title 70, relative to creatures that are poisonous or venomous. [SB-2606]
As introduced, replaces references to "poisonous snakes" with "venomous snakes." - Amends TCA Section 39-17-101 and Title 70.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4, relative to drug paraphernalia. [HB-2681]
As introduced, increases the penalty for use or possession of drug paraphernalia from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the drug paraphernalia used or possessed is a pill press device or pieces of a pill press device. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4, relative to drug paraphernalia. [SB-2531]
As introduced, increases the penalty for use or possession of drug paraphernalia from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the drug paraphernalia used or possessed is a pill press device or pieces of a pill press device. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to disorderly conduct. [HB-2546]
As enacted, states that, as used in the offense of stalking, harassment must be committed by the defendant with reckless disregard for whether the victim will suffer emotional distress as a result of the conduct and the victim does suffer emotional distress as a result of the conduct. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal proceedings. [SB-2479]
As introduced, requires each district attorney general to file a quarterly report with the administrative office of the courts that includes information regarding criminal proceedings within the judicial district; requires the administrative office of the courts to compile the reports into a quarterly criminal justice report; requires each law enforcement agency to file a quarterly report with the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding law enforcement outcomes within the jurisdiction; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to compile
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to caller identification spoofing. [SB-2410]
As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, rather than with the intent to induce the subscriber to answer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, relative to reckless endangerment. [SB-2488]
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 conviction for the same offense; requires a court to order the seizure and forfeiture of a person's motor vehicle used in the commission of the offense 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 two or more
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49, relative to harassment. [HB-2590]
As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 34 and Title 40, relative to restoration of rights. [HB-2417]
As introduced, permits a person who was convicted of an infamous crime after July 1, 1986, but before July 1, 1996, to petition a circuit court for restoration of the person's full rights of citizenship in the same manner established for persons convicted on or after July 1, 1996. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 34 and Title 40.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, relative to mass violence. [SB-2342]
As introduced, creates the criminal offense of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence and the threat causes a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, relative to mass violence. [HB-2538]
As introduced, creates the criminal offense of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence and the threat causes a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to caller identification spoofing. [HB-2504]
As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, rather than with the intent to induce the subscriber to answer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67, relative to immigration. [HB-2432]
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 the United States, as determined by the bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of the United States department of homeland security. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to the support of terrorist organizations. [HB-2348]
As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the purpose of soliciting material support, recruiting new members, or encouraging violent action. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-2395]
As enacted, establishes that it is unlawful for a person to intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending active shooter and hostage situation, knowing that the report is false or baseless if certain information is known at the time. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-2221]
As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for a person who commits assault against a participant in judicial proceedings while on the premises of a building in which judicial proceedings occur; makes revisions to law regarding wiretapping and electronic surveillance. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-2222]
As enacted, establishes that it is unlawful for a person to intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending active shooter and hostage situation, knowing that the report is false or baseless if certain information is known at the time. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the possession of weapons. [SB-2180]
As introduced, exempts persons who are authorized to carry a firearm pursuant to an enhanced handgun carry permit or a concealed handgun carry permit from the criminal offense of possessing a firearm in a concealed manner at a meeting conducted by, or on property owned, operated, or managed or under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity that is properly posted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to controlled substances. [SB-2229]
As enacted, requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate such law to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to large-capacity magazines. [SB-2192]
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.