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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1109
SENATE BILL NO. 1992
By Haile, Stevens, Rose, Seal
Substituted for: House Bill No. 2079
By Littleton, Faison, Bricken
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses against
property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following new section:
(a) A person commits an offense if, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit,
the person engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an
event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is a party to a
contract traded on a prediction-market by which the person will derive such pecuniary benefit
directly from the settlement of that contract based on the occurrence or a nonoccurrence of
the event.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class E felony.
(c) As used in this section, "prediction-market" means a marketplace or exchange on
which individuals trade contracts based on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of specified
future events.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1992
PASSED: April 21, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON"SEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this ZJ!',J. day of ~ 2026
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