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HB1333 • 2026

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. -- HB 6001 / SB 6002), relative to non-United States citizens.

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Sponsor
Lamberth, Johnson
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

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Annual Report on Enhanced Penalties for Non-U.S. Citizens

This bill requires Tennessee's Department of Safety to report annually to state leaders about individuals who received enhanced penalties from courts due to being non-U.S. citizens and convicted of violent crimes or using deadly weapons.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Department of Safety to send a yearly report by February 1st.
  • The report must include numbers of people whose sentences were increased because they are not U.S. citizens and committed violent crimes.
  • Also includes those who used or showed deadly weapons in their convictions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tennessee's Department of Safety
  • State leaders like the governor, senate speaker, and house speaker

Terms To Know

Illegal alien
A person who is not a U.S. citizen or legal resident and entered or stayed in the country without permission.
Enhanced penalty
An increased punishment given by a court for certain crimes, especially when the defendant is an illegal alien.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the report is not submitted on time.
  • It's unclear how this information will be used after it is reported.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1319
By Johnson

HOUSE BILL 1333
By Lamberth

HB1333
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2;
Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55,
and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of
2025 (1st Ex. Sess. -- HB 6001 / SB 6002),
relative to non-United States citizens.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
By February 1 of each year, the department of safety shall submit a report to the
governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives
that provides the number of individuals for whom a court enhanced their statutory
penalty pursuant to § 40-35-325(b)(1) and (b)(2) both in total across the state and in total
in each county in this state.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.