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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 17 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Gardenhire |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0017 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000083 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 11 | | |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; |
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| 14 | 13 | | Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 40 and Chapter 716 of |
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| 15 | 14 | | the Public Acts of 2024, relative to law |
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| 16 | 15 | | enforcement. |
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| 17 | 16 | | |
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| 18 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-68-105, is amended by deleting |
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| 20 | 19 | | subsection (a) and substituting: |
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| 21 | 20 | | (1) All law enforcement agencies and officials shall, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. |
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| 22 | 21 | | ยง 1357(g)(10), communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the |
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| 23 | 22 | | immigration status of any individual who has been arrested for a criminal offense, |
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| 24 | 23 | | including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United |
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| 25 | 24 | | States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, |
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| 26 | 25 | | apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States. |
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| 27 | 26 | | (2) Subdivision (a)(1) does not apply to: |
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| 28 | 27 | | (A) A school resource officer with regard to the immigration status of a |
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| 29 | 28 | | student of the local education agency to which the school resource officer has |
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| 30 | 29 | | been assigned; and |
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| 31 | 30 | | (B) An individual who has not been arrested by the law enforcement |
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| 32 | 31 | | agency or official, including an individual whose contact with a law enforcement |
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| 33 | 32 | | agency is due to the individual's status as a victim of or witness to a criminal |
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| 34 | 33 | | offense. |
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| 35 | 34 | | (3) A law enforcement agency that does not comply with the requirements of |
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| 36 | 35 | | subdivision (a)(1) may be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of no more than one |
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| 38 | 37 | | |
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| 39 | 38 | | - 2 - 000083 |
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| 41 | 40 | | thousand dollars ($1,000). An action to enforce such civil penalty may be brought by the |
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| 42 | 41 | | attorney general and reporter. |
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| 43 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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