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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 830 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Hensley | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB0830 | |
| 9 | 9 | 002763 | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, | |
| 13 | 13 | relative to reckless endangerment. | |
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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 39-13-103(a), is amended by | |
| 17 | 17 | redesignating the subsection as subdivision (a)(1) and adding the following new subdivision: | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) A person commits an offense under subdivision (a)(1) who recklessly | |
| 19 | 19 | discharges a firearm into the air while in a densely populated area. As used in this | |
| 20 | 20 | subdivision (a)(2), "densely populated area" may be proven by evidence of the | |
| 21 | 21 | population of the city or county, housing density in the immediate area of the offense, the | |
| 22 | 22 | number of persons present at the time of the offense, or any other evidence. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |