Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71. Co, the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 908

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 354

  By Representatives Powers, Towns, McCalmon, Pearson, Parkinson, Littleton, Howell,
                                                             Bricken

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 326

     By Senators Massey, Yarbro, Campbell, Crowe, Harshbarger, Kyle, Powers, Walley

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title
68 and Title 71, relative to abuse of elderly or vulnerable adults.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-6-132(b), is amended by deleting
the first sentence, which presently reads:

                    Upon receiving a report of suspected elder financial exploitation, the bureau shall
          coordinate with the district attorney general in the appropriate judicial district and, when
          appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies and adult protective services for
          additional investigation of the reported exploitation.

and substituting instead:

                    Upon receiving a report of suspected elder financial exploitation, the bureau may
          investigate the matter when appropriate, and may coordinate with the district attorney
          general in the appropriate judicial district, other law enforcement agencies, and adult
          protective services for additional investigation of the reported exploitation.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 354

PASSED:  April 14, 2026

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                           RANDY M~NALLY

                                    SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this r~+ day of r : v } ~         2026

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR