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| 6 | - | ~tate of \!tennessee | |
| 7 | - | PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 84 | |
| 8 | - | HOUSE BILL NO. 120 | |
| 9 | - | By Representatives Lamberth, Cochran, Hulsey, Sherrell, Burkhart, Scarbrough, Todd, | |
| 10 | - | Hawk | |
| 11 | - | Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1303 | |
| 12 | - | By Senators Johnson, Taylor, Jackson, Pody, Rose, Stevens | |
| 13 | - | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to criminal | |
| 14 | - | offenses. | |
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| 2 | + | SENATE BILL 1303 | |
| 3 | + | By Johnson | |
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| 5 | + | HOUSE BILL 120 | |
| 6 | + | By Lamberth | |
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| 9 | + | HB0120 | |
| 10 | + | 000561 | |
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| 13 | + | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and | |
| 14 | + | Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. | |
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| 15 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 16 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 5, is amended by | |
| 17 | - | adding the following as a | |
| 18 | + | adding the following as a new section: | |
| 18 | 19 | (a) As used in this section: | |
| 19 | 20 | (1) "Division of protective services" means the division of the department | |
| 20 | 21 | of safety established under § 4-3-2006, and includes any member of the | |
| 21 | 22 | Tennessee highway patrol, commissioned member of the office of homeland | |
| 22 | 23 | security, or other state or local law enforcement officer who is actively engaged in | |
| 23 | 24 | supporting the division's operations; and | |
| 24 | 25 | (2) "Person protected by the division of protective services" means any | |
| 25 | 26 | person whom the division of protective services has been authorized by the | |
| 26 | 27 | commissioner of safety to protect and is actively engaged in protecting under § 4- | |
| 27 | 28 | 3-2006. | |
| 28 | 29 | (b) | |
| 29 | - | (1) A person commits an offense who intentionally impedes or obstructs | |
| 30 | - | member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or | |
| 30 | + | (1) A person commits an offense who intentionally impedes or obstructs | |
| 31 | + | a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or | |
| 31 | 32 | movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person | |
| 32 | 33 | protected by the division of protective services. | |
| 33 | 34 | (2) A person commits an offense who intentionally refuses to vacate an | |
| 34 | 35 | area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective | |
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| 38 | + | - 2 - 000561 | |
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| 35 | 40 | services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person | |
| 36 | 41 | protected by the division of protective services. | |
| 37 | 42 | (c) | |
| 38 | 43 | (1) | |
| 39 | 44 | (A) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(1)(B), a violation of | |
| 40 | 45 | subdivision (b)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor. | |
| 41 | 46 | (B) A violation of subdivision (b)(1) is a Class E felony if the | |
| 42 | 47 | person who committed the offense was a threat to the safety or security | |
| 43 | 48 | of the person protected by the division of protective services. | |
| 44 | 49 | (2) A violation of subdivision (b)(2) is a Class E felony. | |
| 45 | - | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 120 | |
| 46 | - | PASSED: March 13. 2025 | |
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| 48 | - | CAMERetfl!SEXTON,SPEAKER | |
| 49 | - | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
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| 53 | - | -~NI~ LI 1' Nici$.A I I V | |
| 54 | - | SPEAKER OF THE SE | |
| 55 | - | APPROVED this ~day of Mor~ 2025 | |
| 56 | - | BILL LEE, GOVERNOR | |
| 50 | + | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |