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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 211
SENATE BILL NO. 456
By Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 579
By Doggett, Lamberth, McCalmon, Todd, Sherrell, Scarbrough, Haston, Hardaway, Leatherwood,
Barrett, Burkhart, Brock Martin, Parkinson, White, Chism, Helton-Haynes, Davis, Howell, Littleton,
Crawford, Cepicky, Grills
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to public safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1301(3), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting:
(3) "Crime of violence" includes any degree of murder, voluntary manslaughter,
aggravated rape, rape, rape of a child, ~ggravated rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery,
robbery, aggravated robbery, especially aggravated robbery, burglary, aggravated burglary,
especially aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping,
especially aggravated kidnapping, carjacking, trafficking for commercial sex act, especially
aggravated sexual exploitation, felony child abuse, and aggravated child abuse;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 456
PASSED: April 3, 2025
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RANDY McNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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day of 2025
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