Tennessee 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0582 Draft / Bill

Filed 01/29/2025

                     
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HOUSE BILL 582 
By Doggett 
 
 
HB0582 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, 
relative to sexual offenders. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2, is amended by 
adding the following as a new section: 
 (a)  The TBI shall classify a person who is required to register pursuant to this 
part with a qualifying conviction under § 40-39-202, or who is required to register 
pursuant to § 40-39-203(a)(2) as a sexual offender, violent sexual offender, or violent 
juvenile sexual offender, and whether an offender is an offender against children, as 
defined in § 40-39-202.   
 (b)  The TBI may rely on investigative reports; files of a United States attorney, 
district attorney general, or other prosecutorial entity; court records; or other credible 
information in classifying an offender under this section. 
 (c)  The TBI shall notify the offender of the classification. 
 SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.