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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 951

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1668

                         By Representatives Rudd, Powers, Howell, Grills, Todd

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1737

                               By Senators White, Gardenhire, Bailey, Bowling

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:

                    (a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of
          another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution, as defined in
          § 45-11-102; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another
          person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two
          (2) or more criminal instruments.

                    (b)

                              (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(3), a violation of
                    subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.

                              (2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class D felony if, during the
                    commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13,
                    part 10.

                              (3) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B felony if, during the
                    commission of the offense, the person commits a violation of title 39, chapter 13,
                    part 4.

                    (c) As used in this section, "criminal instrument" means an item or thing, the
          possession of which is not otherwise an offense, that is possessed, used, made,
          designed, or adapted for use in the commission of an offense under title 39, chapter 13,
          part 10 or§ 39-14-103.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 1668

PASSED:  April 22, 2026

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                              CAMEROR""'SEXTON,SPEAKER
                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                      RANDY MCNALL
                         SPJ2AKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this _::]_~ dayof (Y\:i,a  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR