Bill > HB1525

This bill, amending Tennessee Code Annotated Title 40 which deals with criminal procedure, requires a judge to order sentences for crimes involving more than one minor victim to be served one after another (consecutively) unless the judge finds, based on more likely than not evidence, that the specific circumstances of the case do not justify consecutive sentences and that serving them consecutively would not be in the best interest of justice. This change applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026.