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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 492

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 578
By Representatives Doggett, Powers, Lamberth, Hardaway, Howell, Helton-Haynes, Grills

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1082
                                 By Senators Johnson, Yager, Jackson, Rose
          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to
criminal offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1324, is amended by deleting
subdivision (i)(1) and substituting:
                    (1) "Dangerous felony" means:
                               (A) First degree murder, as defined in § 39-13-202;
                               (B) Second degree murder, as defined in§ 39-13-210;
                               (C) Voluntary manslaughter, as defined in§ 39-13-211;
                               (D) Aggravated kidnapping, as defined in§ 39-13-304;
                               (E) Especially aggravated kidnapping, as defined in§ 39-13-305;
                               (F) Involuntary labor servitude, as defined in § 39-13-307;
                               (G) Trafficking for forced labor or services, as defined in§ 39-13-308;
                               (H) Trafficking for commercial sex acts, as defined in § 39-13-309;
                               (I) Aggravated human trafficking, as defined in § 39-13-316;
                               (J) Robbery, as defined in § 39-13-401;
                               (K) Aggravated robbery, as defined in § 39-13-402;
                               (L) Especially aggravated robbery, as defined in § 39-13-403;
                               (M) Carjacking, as defined in § 39-13-404;
                               (N) Aggravated rape, as defined in § 39-13-502;
                               (0) Rape, as defined in § 39-13-503;
                               (P) Aggravated sexual battery, as defined in§ 39-13-504;
                               (Q) Rape of a child, as defined in§ 39-13-522;
                               (R) Sexual battery by an authority figure, as defined in § 39-13-527;
                                (S) Aggravated rape of a child, as defined in§ 39-13-531;
                                (T) Especially aggravated rape, as defined in§ 39-13-534;
                                (U) Especially aggravated rape of a child, as defined in § 39-13-535;
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                              (V) Aggravated burglary, as defined in§ 39-13-1003;
                              (W) Especially aggravated burglary, as defined in§ 39-13-1004;
                              (X) Aggravated stalking, as defined in§ 39-17-315(c);
                              (Y) Especially aggravated stalking, as defined in§ 39-17-315(d);
                              (Z) Initiating the process intended to manufacture methamphetamine, as

                    defined in § 39-17-435;
                              (AA) A felony involving the sale, manufacture, distribution, or possession

                    with intent to sell, manufacture, or distribute a controlled substance or controlled
                    substance analogue, as defined in part 4 of this chapter; or

                              (88) Any attempt, as defined in § 39-12-101, to commit a dangerous
                    felony;
          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1324, is amended by
designating subsection (d) as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following subdivision (d)(2):
                     (2) A lesser included offense of the predicate dangerous felony named in the
          indictment or presentment is included in the indictment or presentment by implication if
          the lesser included offense is a dangerous felony, as defined in subdivision (i)(1 ).
          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.

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PASSED:  April 22, 2025

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                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this :)./Sf- day of (Vh,_,     2025

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR