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This bill makes certain records related to immigration enforcement actions confidential and not subject to public disclosure by state or local government entities, specifically protecting the identities and personal information of officers involved in these activities, as well as details about future operations like dates, times, locations, and strategies. It defines "criminal negligence" as the same as in Section 39-11-106 of Tennessee law, meaning a failure to exercise reasonable care that results in a gross deviation from the standard of care a reasonable person would exercise. Releasing this confidential information with criminal negligence is classified as a Class E felony, a serious crime, and can also lead to the removal from office, known as ouster, for officials who commit this offense. The bill also amends existing laws to include the criminally negligent release of such confidential immigration enforcement information as grounds for ouster and clarifies that this confidentiality does not prevent law enforcement agencies from sharing necessary information among themselves or apply to information already public by federal law or court order.

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2506&ga=114