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                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 280

   By Jackson, Crowe, Lowe, Stevens, Pody, Massey, Bailey, Bowling, Gardenhire, Hatcher;
                                      Mr. Speaker McNally; Rose, Taylor, Walley

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1020

                         By Russell, Todd, Kumar, Bricken, Eldridge, McCalmon, Powers

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to claims against law
          enforcement officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 2, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

                    (a) A law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury
          upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from
          civil liability for or the payment of monetary damages resulting from the law enforcement
          officer's actions if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or
          damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person being convicted of an offense
          under § 39-16-602.

                    (b) This section does not:

                              (1) Apply if the law enforcement officer's actions were grossly negligent or willful
                    misconduct; or

                              (2) Extend to property damage caused _or injury inflicted upon a bystander or
                    other person who was not engaged in conduct that resulted in a conviction under § 39-
                    16-602 at the time the damage or injury occurred.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 280

PASSED:  March 28, 2025

                                      RANDY M~ALLY
                         SPEAKER OF THE S}NATE

                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

/¾xi \ ~ APPROVED this
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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR