Tennessee SB 2191: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, specifies that theft of property is a Class E felony if the property obtained is a firearm worth less than $2,500. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-105.

Bill Text

SB2191 
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HOUSE BILL 2258  
By Lamberth 
 
SENATE BILL 2191  
By  Johnson 
 
 
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 
39-14-105, relative to theft of a firearm. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-105(a)(1), is amended by 
deleting the language "or less" and substituting instead "or less, except when the property 
obtained is a firearm as defined in § 39-11-106". 
 SECTION 2.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-105(a)(2), is amended by 
deleting the language "if the value of the property" and substituting instead "if the property 
obtained is a firearm as defined in § 39-11-106 worth less than two thousand five hundred 
dollars ($2,500), or if the value of the property". 
 SECTION 3.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-105(d), is amended by 
deleting the language "Notwithstanding subsection (a), theft" and substituting instead "Theft". 
 SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2020, the public welfare requiring it, and 
applies to offenses committed on or after that date.