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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

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Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 522
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Companion House Bill substituted
  4. Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2025
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025
  7. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
  8. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  9. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
  10. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
  11. Sponsor(s) Added.
  12. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source