Tennessee HB 994: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, clarifies that a threat to use deadly force by a private citizen making an arrest is not in itself considered a use of deadly force; prohibits a private citizen from threatening to use deadly force during the course of a citizen's arrest unless the arrest is for a crime committed or threatened against the citizen making the arrest or for a violent crime committed or threatened in the presence of the citizen making the arrest. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

Status: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (as of 2024-04-03)

State: Tennessee · Session: 113 · Bill: HB 994

Subjects: Criminal Offenses

Sponsors: Keisling

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