Criminal Offenses
Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 16, relative to interference with government operations. [HB-1353]
As introduced, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against the justice system participant in connection with their participation in the judicial process, punishable as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Littleton
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/2/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1354]
As introduced, requires all persons who disseminate smoking paraphernalia to display the sign providing notice of the legal age for purchasing such products required by the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; removes authorization for a person to substitute a tobacco-related warning sign required by law prior to April 22, 1994. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Littleton
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness. [HB-1299]
As introduced, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Powell
Rec For Pass If Am By S/c Ref. To Judiciary Committee on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure. [HB-1371]
As introduced, clarifies that a person commits the offense of unlawful exposure by distributing a private, intimate image of another identifiable person with intent to cause emotional distress, regardless of whether the person who distributes the image was a party to the original agreement or understanding that the image would remain private. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse Chism
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/2/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1372]
As introduced, removes the killing of another committed in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate certain crimes from the elements of first degree murder; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for conduct of another; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for the facilitation of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse Chism
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/2/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-1303]
As introduced, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Companion House Bill Substituted on 03/13/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 55, relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant. [SB-1400]
As introduced, states that a law enforcement officer may assist a qualified practitioner in using reasonable force to obtain a sample of blood from a person suspected of driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; increases the amount of time a driver license must be revoked for an implied consent violation from one year to one year and six months if the person has no prior violations. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kerry Roberts
Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/31/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-1415]
As introduced, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by possessing any amount of fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, or thiafentanil in the presence of the child; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over eight years of age and as a Class B felony if the child is eight years of age or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Briggs
Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/31/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to threats of violence. [HB-1273]
As introduced, creates the Class E felony of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence on the property of a child care agency, preschool, or religious institution; creates the Class B misdemeanor of failing to report a threat to commit an act of mass violence on the property of a child care agency, preschool, or religious institution. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cochran
P2c, Ref. To Judiciary Committee on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title 70, relative to criminal justice. [HB-1256]
As introduced, changes the time within which a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution must report the commission of certain offenses that occurred within the penal institution to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the penal institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated from within five business days to within three business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cameron Sexton
Rec For Pass If Am By S/c Ref. To Judiciary Committee on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-1296]
As introduced, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Johnson
Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/31/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 55, relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant. [HB-1204]
As introduced, states that a law enforcement officer may assist a qualified practitioner in using reasonable force to obtain a sample of blood from a person suspected of driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; increases the amount of time a driver license must be revoked for an implied consent violation from one year to one year and six months if the person has no prior violations. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sabi Kumar
Rec For Pass If Am By S/c Ref. To Judiciary Committee on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness. [SB-1346]
As introduced, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Yarbro
Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/31/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 16, relative to interference with government operations. [SB-1399]
As introduced, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against the justice system participant in connection with their participation in the judicial process, punishable as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kerry Roberts
Recommended For Passage With Amendment/s, Refer To Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 Pnv 1 on 03/24/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice. [HB-1232]
As introduced, specifies that the report of a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution of the commission of certain offenses that occurred within the penal institution to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the penal institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated must be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Lamberth
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/2/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53, relative to the treatment of animals. [HB-1261]
As introduced, makes it an offense for farmers to keep breeding pigs and veal calves in certain small enclosures, subject to certain exceptions, effective July 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Jones
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/2/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. [HB-1266]
As introduced, requires notice of the Class B misdemeanor of transferring dangerous materials to a metals recycling facility without first obtaining a signed written acknowledgment that the item has been transferred to be posted in a conspicuous location at each public entrance to the facility. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Scarbrough
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53, relative to the treatment of animals. [SB-1325]
As introduced, makes it an offense for farmers to keep breeding pigs and veal calves in certain small enclosures, subject to certain exceptions, effective July 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle
Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/31/2025 on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1190]
As introduced, creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person exercises control over a motor vehicle knowing that the person does not have the permission of the owner of the motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor of possessing a firearm that the person knows or reasonably should know has been stolen. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Shaw
Ref. To Judiciary Committee on 03/26/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-402, relative to testing equipment used to determine the presence of a synthetic opioid. [SB-1290]
As introduced, makes permanent the exclusion of narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid, unless the narcotic testing equipment is possessed for purposes of the commission of a drug offense, from the definition of drug paraphernalia; removes the July 1, 2025, repeal date for that exclusion. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Johnson
Transmitted To Governor For Action. on 03/26/2025