TennesseeCriminal Offenses - 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.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Feb 4Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary CommitteeLatest
- Feb 4Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Jan 28Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/4/2026
- Jan 26Meeting Canceled
- Jan 21Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/28/2026
- 2025
- Apr 1Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2026
- Mar 26Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
- Mar 26Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- Mar 19Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- Feb 12P2C, ref. to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Feb 12Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 10Intro., P1C.Minor
- Feb 6Filed for introductionIntroduced