Tennessee 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0045 Draft / Bill

Filed 01/07/2025

                     
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SENATE BILL 45 
By Lamar 
 
 
SB0045 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 
and Title 40, relative to criminal sentencing. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-114, is amended by adding 
the following as a new subdivision: 
(  )  The defendant was an adult at the time of the offense and committed the 
offense with a minor, regardless of whether the minor was convicted of the offense; 
 SECTION 2.  This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and 
applies to offenses committed on or after that date.