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TN SB1785

TN SB1785
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-103, relative to the offense of reckless endangerment.


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Introduced
01/22/2024
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/26/2024

Introduced Session

113th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which expands the offense of reckless endangerment to include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

AI Summary

This bill, titled "MaKayla's Law," expands the offense of reckless endangerment in Tennessee to include a person's reckless failure to render a firearm inoperable, safely secure, or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another person. The bill creates a Class E felony for such an offense if the child's discharge of the firearm results in bodily or serious bodily injury, and a Class C felony if the discharge results in the child's or another's death. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2024.

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Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee (on 03/26/2024)

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