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Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds persons required by law to register as a persistent domestic violence offender to the list of persons who are not eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program; makes v, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 582

                                                  SENATE BILL NO. 1640

                                                       By Jackson, Kyle

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1552

       By Powers, Glynn, Russell, Reedy, Sherrell, Hardaway, Salinas, Johnson, Harris, Towns,
Alexander, Keisling, Eldridge, Powell, Farmer, Scarbrough, Williams, Atchley, Hawk, Hale, Cepicky;

                    Mr. Speaker Sexton; Davis, Littleton, Reneau, Garringer, Bulso, Bricken

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6, relative to the address
          confidentiality program.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-38-601 (6), is amended by deleting
"parent, or" and substituting "parent, sibling, or".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-38-603, is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:

                    (5) Registry of persistent domestic violence offenders, compiled in chapter 39, part 4
          of this title.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-38-604(b)(4), is amended by deleting
"within this state".

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1640

PASSED:  February 23, 2026

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                                 SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                            CAME~EXTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mire°" APPROVED this lib.- day of  2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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