HOUSE BILL 114
By Russell SENATE BILL 1224
By White AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40,
relative to sentencing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-115(b), is amended by adding the following as a new subdivision:
(9) The defendant is convicted of two (2) or more offenses involving more than one (1) victim, irrespective of whether the multiple offenses were part of a single criminal episode, and the court finds that a separate consecutive sentence for each offense is in the interest of justice.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 40-35-115(b), 40-35-115