Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40. HB1871 h, the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 752

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1871

                                  By Representatives Atchley, Stinnett, Davis

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1930

                            By Senators Taylor, Bailey, Bowling, Hatcher, Rose

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-210 and Title 40, relative
to second degree murder.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-210(c), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (3) Notwithstanding title 40, chapter 35, a person convicted of a violation of
          subdivision (a)(1) shall be punished as a Range II offender; however, the sentence
          imposed upon such person may, if appropriate, be within Range Ill but in no case shall it
          be lower than Range 11.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to acts committed on or after that date.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 1871

PASSED:  March 30, 2026

                                  CAMEROl'fSEXTON, SPEAKER
                                  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                               RANDYM
                                  SPEAKER OF THE

Ap-i\ APPROVED this lled- day of  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR