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IntroducedJan 13, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Tennessee House Bill
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over any portion of a property that includes a correctional facility from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class C felony; authorizes a correctional facility employee to disable an unmanned aircraft that is operating over property that includes a correctional facility and states that the correctional facility and the correctional facility employee are not liable for damage to the unmanned aircraft as a result of being disabled. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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House • Jan 15, 2026: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- Filed for introduction
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