AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to domestic abuse.

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As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 15, 2026

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R · PrimeJoseph Hensley
R · CoPaul Bailey
R · CoJanince Bowling
R · CoTom Hatcher
R · CoBecky Massey
R · CoPage Walley

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