Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Nu, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1124

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2265

                                              By Taylor, Bowling, Pody, Rose

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2140

                                           By Zachary, Reedy, Bricken, Howell

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39,
          relative to criminal offenses involving theft.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-113(d), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:

                    (4)(A) Any sentence imposed for a violation of subsection (c) shall include a
                    mandatory minimum sentence of thirty (30) days incarceration if the defendant used
                    or possessed a firearm, firearm ammunition, a firearm-related device, or an anti-theft
                    device during the commission of the offense.

                              (8) As used in this subdivision (d)(4):

                                        (i) "Anti-theft device" means any device, tool, machine, implement, or
                              other item used to unlawfully deactivate, circumvent, interfere with, remove, or
                              otherwise render inoperative a monitor, sensor, camera, or other security
                              device used or designed to prevent or deter the theft of retail merchandise;
                              and

                                        (ii) "Firearm-related device" includes, but is not limited to, a firearm
                              scope, a firearm silencer, and any part or combination of parts designed or
                              intended solely for use in converting a firearm into a machine gun.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-113(c)(1), is amended by deleting
"ninety-day" and substituting "one-hundred-eighty-day".

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-113(c), is amended by adding the
following as new subdivisions:

                    (11) Knowingly uses a mask, facial covering, or other concealment of the person's
          identity to facilitate the commission of an offense under this subsection (c); or

                    (12) Knowingly uses a motor vehicle with no license plate; an altered, fake, or
          concealed license plate; or a temporary license plate to facilitate the commission of an
          offense under this subsection (c).

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to
acts committed on or after that date.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2265

PASSED:  April 21, 2026

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                         \                RAND\ McNALLY

                                  SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                            CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this ;;Q;vd day of Mcu~          2026

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                      BILL LEE, GOVERNOR