Courts - As enacted, removes a conviction for domestic assault from the definition of a violent offender for purposes of drug treatment courts; changes the definition of a violent offender for purposes of drug treatment , the official text

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                           PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1105

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1909

                                                             By Stevens

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1471

                                         By Tim Hicks, Alexander, Renea Jones

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 22, relative to drug courts.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-22-103(4)(A)(i), is amended by
deleting "an offense, during" and substituting "a felony offense within the previous ten (10) years,
during".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-22-103, is amended by deleting
subdivision (4)(A)(iii).

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1909

PASSED:  April 23, 2026

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                                      RANDY M~ALLY
                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

~ APPROVED this :I)r-J.. day of         2026

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                    BILL LEE, GOVERNOR