Bill > SB2145

This bill allows a person to seek a lifetime order of protection, which is a court order designed to prevent someone from harming or harassing another person, against an individual who has been convicted of certain serious crimes in another state, even if that crime isn't specifically listed in Tennessee law, as long as its elements are similar to a Tennessee offense. The bill also clarifies where such a petition can be filed, stating that it can be in the county where the person being protected against (the respondent) lives, or if they don't live in Tennessee, then in the county where the person seeking protection (the petitioner) lives. This is an expansion of existing law, which generally deals with orders of protection for offenses committed within Tennessee.