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HB1295Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to interference with property.

Introduced

Introduced by Jason Powell, District 53

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act)," which creates a new offense of interfering with an individual's or entity's receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully entitled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual of the loan, grant, or financial assistance, which is punished as theft; authorizes a victim of an offense to bring a civil action to recover the funds that the victim did not receive because of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.

Where it stands

Sponsor(s) Added.

February 4, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  6. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  7. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  8. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2026

  9. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/28/2026

  10. Meeting Canceled

  11. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/4/2026

  12. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

  13. Sponsor(s) Added.

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