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SB0635 • 2026

Criminal Offenses

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39, relative to criminal offenses.

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Sponsor
Jackson
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Withdrawn.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was withdrawn, so there are no official details on the exact impact it would have had if enacted.

Changes to Criminal Offenses in Tennessee

This bill amends Tennessee's criminal laws by removing specific sections related to criminal responsibility and facilitation of felonies.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes certain sections from Title 39 and Title 40 of the Tennessee Code Annotated that deal with criminal responsibility for another person's actions or facilitation of a felony.
  • Deletes language in several sections that refer to being an accomplice under specific statutes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People involved in the legal system, including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and those accused or convicted of crimes.

Terms To Know

Criminal responsibility
Legal accountability for a crime committed by another person under certain circumstances.
Facilitation
Providing assistance to someone who commits a felony, even if not directly involved in the act itself.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was withdrawn on February 4, 2025, so it is no longer active and its provisions will not take effect.
  • It does not specify how removing these sections affects existing cases or interpretations of related laws.

Bill History

  1. Date Tennessee General Assembly

  2. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  3. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 635
By Jackson

SB0635
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter
13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title
40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39, relative
to criminal offenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-11-402, is amended by deleting
the section.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-11-403, is amended by deleting
the section.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-202(a), is amended by
deleting subdivision (a)(2).
SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-12-105(c), is amended by
deleting the language "or as an accomplice under § 39-11-402".
SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-12-301(1), is amended by
deleting the language ", § 39-11-402, or § 39-11-403".
SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-149, is amended by deleting
subdivision (a)(7), deleting the language "; or" at the end of subdivision (a)(6) and substituting
instead a period, and inserting the word "or" at the end of subdivision (a)(5)(B) immediately after
the semicolon.
SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-408(c)(2), is amended by
deleting the language "is a principal under § 39-11-402 and".

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SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-24-108(b)(2)(N), is amended by
deleting the language "Criminal responsibility under § 39-11-402(2) for facilitating the
commission under § 39-11-403 of, or being" and substituting instead the language "Being".
SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-321(e)(3), is amended by
deleting subdivisions (O) and (P).
SECTION 10. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-39-202, is amended by deleting
subdivisions (20)(A)(xiii), (20)(A)(xiv), (31)(S), and (31)(T).
SECTION 11. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-39-301(2)(C), is amended by
deleting the language "Criminal responsibility under § 39-11-402(2) for facilitating the
commission under § 39-11-403 of, or being" and substituting instead the language "Being".
SECTION 12. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-124(a)(11), is amended by
deleting the subdivision.
SECTION 13. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.