Tennessee HB 1198: Alcohol Offenses, Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts the "Silas Gable Flatt Law," which creates an offense of knowingly providing a motor vehicle to another person who the provider of the vehicle knows or should know is under the influence of an intoxicant or whose driver license has been suspended or revoked under certain circumstances, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1318
By Bailey

HOUSE BILL 1198
By Williams

HB1198
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39
and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to criminal
offenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the "Silas Gable Flatt Law."
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly provide a motor vehicle to another
person who the provider of the vehicle knows or reasonably should know is under the
influence of an intoxicant, marijuana, controlled substance, controlled substance
analogue, drug, substance affecting the central nervous system, or combination thereof.
(b) It is an offense for a person to knowingly provide a motor vehicle to another
person who the provider of the vehicle knows or reasonably should know is a person
whose driver license has been suspended or revoked by the court pursuant to § 55-10-
404 unless:
(1) The person receiving the motor vehicle has been granted a restricted
driver license pursuant to § 55-10-409; and
(2) The motor vehicle is being provided for a purpose permissible under
the court order granting the person's restricted driver license.
(c)
(1) A person who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) If the violation is the person's first violation, then the person shall be
sentenced to a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours of incarceration.

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(3) If the violation is the person's second violation, then the person shall
be sentenced to a minimum of seventy-two (72) hours of incarceration.
(4) If the violation is the person's third or subsequent violation, then the
person shall be sentenced to a minimum of seven (7) consecutive days of
incarceration.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.