Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2079: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is a party to a contract traded on a prediction-market by which the person will derive such pecuniary benefit directly from the settlement of that contract based on the occurrence or a nonoccurrence of the event. - Amends TCA Title 39.

In committee Last action May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1109

Plain-language summary

HB 2079 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is a party to a contract traded on a prediction-market by which the person will derive such pecuniary benefit directly from the settlement of that contract based on the occurrence or a nonoccurrence of the event. - Amends TCA Title 39. Primary sponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1109.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican).