Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0829 Compare Versions

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1212 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
1313 Chapter 16, relative to criminal offenses.
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1515 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1616 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-16-602(a), is amended by
1717 redesignating subsection (a) as subdivision (a)(1) and adding the following new subdivision:
1818 (2) It is an offense for a person, who is driving a motor vehicle that has been
1919 lawfully stopped by a law enforcement officer, to intentionally refuse the law enforcement
2020 officer's request that the person exit from the motor vehicle.
2121 SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.