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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 375
SENATE BILL NO. 678
By White, Jackson, Lowe, Powers, Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1352
By Littleton, Hardaway, Farmer, Sherrell, Capley, McCalmon, Bricken
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5, relative to sexual
offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-504(b), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:
(b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), aggravated sexual battery is a Class B
felony.
(2) If the victim was less than eighteen (18) years of age or was mentally
defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, then aggravated sexual
battery is a Class B felony and, notwithstanding title 40, chapter 35, the defendant must
be punished as a Range II offender; however, the sentence imposed upon the
defendant may, if appropriate, be within Range Ill but in no case shall it be lower than
Range II.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 678
PASSED: April 17, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(V\c,~ APPROVED this S-1:.1,... day of 2025
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