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SB1128Introduced in the Senate

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

IntroducedSenate Judiciary

Introduced by Jeff Yarbro, District 21

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

Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 1st Calendar of 2026

April 8, 2025

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Sponsor(s) Added.

  3. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  5. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025

  6. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  7. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  8. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  9. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  10. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  11. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025

  12. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  13. Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025

  15. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  16. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 1st Calendar of 2026

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