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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 29 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Pody | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB0029 | |
| 9 | 9 | 000133 | |
| 10 | 10 | - 1 - | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, | |
| 13 | 13 | relative to disorderly conduct. | |
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| 15 | 15 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-309, is amended by deleting | |
| 17 | 17 | subsection (d) and substituting: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) | |
| 19 | 19 | (A) Except as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(B), a violation of subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) is a Class D felony. | |
| 21 | 21 | (B) A violation of subsection (b) is a Class C felony if the victim of the | |
| 22 | 22 | offense was: | |
| 23 | 23 | (i) A minor under eighteen (18) years of age; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (ii) Selected by the defendant based on the victim's status as a | |
| 25 | 25 | minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi, or other spiritual leader of a | |
| 26 | 26 | religious belief who has been ordained or otherwise designated in | |
| 27 | 27 | conformity with the customs of a church, temple, or other religious group | |
| 28 | 28 | or organization. | |
| 29 | 29 | (2) A violation of subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |