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

SB 2138: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

Enacted Last action May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 715

Plain-language summary

SB 2138 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55. Primary sponsor: White. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2026): Pub. Ch. 715.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: White.