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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 715

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2138

                                  By White, Massey, Hatcher, Hensley, Rose, Seal

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2014

                By Littleton, Doggett, Lamberth, Powers, Gant, Sherrell, Davis, Russell, Todd

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to vehicular
          homicide.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-213(b)(2), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (H) If a person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)(2) is, as a result of the same
          course of conduct, also convicted of a violation of § 55-10-101, then the person shall be
          punished for the violation of subdivision (a)(2) as a Range II offender; however, the sentence
          imposed upon the person may, if appropriate, be within Range Ill but in no case shall the
          sentence be lower than Range 11.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2138

PASSED:  March 30, 2026

                                             RANDY M}:NALLY
                                SPEAKER OF THE tENATE

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                          CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

14 f\e::;] APPROVED this
         4:l, day of           2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR