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

SB 1296: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.

In committee Last action May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 522

Plain-language summary

SB 1296 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 522.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Johnson.