Title 39, Criminal Offenses

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly spy upon, observe or otherwise view an individual, when the individual is in a place where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, without the prior effective consent of the individual, if the viewing:(1) Would offend or embarr…

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly intercept any radio frequency transmission with the intent to use the intercepted transmission to commit, facilitate, or aid in the flight from a criminal offense. (b) For purposes of this section, “radio frequency transmission” mean…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act.” (b) As used in this section:(1) “Drone” means a powered, aerial vehicle that:(A) Does not carry a human operator and is operated without the possibility of direct human interventi…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Electronic communication service” means a service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications;(2) “Electronic device” means a device that enables access to or use of an electronic communic…

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful photographing when the person knowingly photographs, or causes to be photographed a minor, when the minor has a reasonable expectation of privacy, if the photograph:(1) Depicts the minor in a state of nudity; and(2) Was take…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Personal Privacy Protection Act.” (b) As used in this section:(1) “Law enforcement agency” means a lawfully established state or local public agency that is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime, local gover…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Standardized Treatment Program for Sex Offenders.”

(a) The general assembly hereby declares that the comprehensive evaluation, identification, treatment, and continued monitoring of sex offenders who are subject to the supervision of the criminal justice system are necessary in order to work toward the elimination of recidivism b…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the sex offender treatment board created in § 39-13-704;(2) “Sex offender” means any person who is convicted in this state, on or after January 1, 1996, of any sex offense, or if such person has bee…

(a) There is created, in the department of correction, a sex offender treatment board, which shall consist of twelve (12) members. The membership of the board shall consist of the following persons:(1) One (1) member representing the judicial branch, appointed by the chief justic…

(a) On and after January 1, 1996, each sex offender who is to be considered for probation or any other alternative sentencing shall be required to submit to an evaluation for treatment, risk potential, procedures required for monitoring of behavior to protect victims and potentia…

(a) Each sex offender sentenced by the court for an offense committed on or after January 1, 1996, is required, as a part of any sentence to probation, community corrections, or incarceration with the department of correction, to undergo treatment to the extent appropriate to the…

(a) The department of correction, the judicial branch, or the department of children's services shall not employ or contract with any individual or entity to provide treatment services pursuant to this part, unless the treatment services to be provided by the individual or entity…

(a) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “convicted” and “conviction” means an adjudication of guilt of a sex offense as defined in this part as follows:(1) Plea of guilty, including a plea of guilty entered pursuant to § 40-35-313;(2) Verdict of g…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Terrorism Prevention and Response Act of 2002.”

(a) The general assembly finds and declares that the threat of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological agents, is a compelling public safety and health concern. The general assembly recognizes …

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Act of terrorism” means an act or acts constituting a violation of this part, any other offense under the laws of Tennessee, or an act or acts constituting an offense in any other jurisdiction within or outside …

(a) The intentional release of a dangerous chemical or hazardous material utilized in a lawful industrial or commercial process shall be considered use of a weapon of mass destruction when a person knowingly utilizes those agents with intent and for the purpose of causing harm to…

(a) It is an offense for any person to commit an act of terrorism in this state. (b) (1) An act of terrorism is a Class A felony.(2) If the act of terrorism results in the loss of human life, the defendant shall be prosecuted and sentenced for first degree murder, under § 39-13-2…

(a) It is an offense for any person, without lawful authority, to possess, develop, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, weaponize, or retain any weaponized agent, biological warfare agent, weaponized biological or biologic warfare agent, chemical warfare agent, nuclear or ra…

(a) (1) It is an offense for any person to provide material support or resources, or attempt or conspire to provide material support or resources, to:(A) Any person known by the person providing such material support or resources to be planning or carrying out an act of terrorism…

(a) It is an offense for any person to distribute or to deliver, as an act of terrorism or as a hoax, any substance that is intended to, or that such person has reason to believe may, create a fear or apprehension on the part of any other person that such substance may be a biolo…

Religious justification for violence or criminal activity prohibited by this part shall not be considered a justification or a defense pursuant to chapter 11, part 6 of this title, nor shall it prohibit prosecution pursuant to this part.

(a) All property, both personal and real, including money, vehicles, and other property used, or intended for use, in the course of, derived from, or realized through conduct in violation of this part, is subject to seizure and forfeiture to the state. (b) (1) The following peopl…

(a) Notwithstanding whether criminal prosecution is commenced, or a conviction is obtained for a violation of this part, a victim of a violation of this part shall have a civil cause of action against the person responsible for the violation for both economic and noneconomic dama…

(a) A person who in good faith makes a report of suspicious activity or behavior shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for the making of the report if the report is based on articulable suspicion. (b) As used in this section, “report of suspicious activity or behavior…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Mass violence” means an act that a reasonable person would conclude could lead to the imminent serious bodily injury or death of four (4) or more persons;(2) “Means of communication” means direct and indirect verbal, written, or electronic communi…

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Image” means any capturing of sound waves, thermal, infrared, ultraviolet, visible light, or other electromagnetic waves, odor, or other conditions existing on or about real property in this state or an individual located on that property; and(2) “Un…

(a) Notwithstanding § 39-13-903, it is lawful to capture an image using an unmanned aircraft in this state:(1) For purposes of professional or scholarly research and development by a person acting on behalf of an institution of higher education, as defined by § 49-7-802, includin…

(a) Subject to the exceptions set forth in § 39-13-902(a), a person commits an offense if the person:(1) Uses an unmanned aircraft to capture an image of an individual or privately owned real property in this state with the intent to conduct surveillance on the individual or prop…

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:(1) Captures an image in violation of § 39-13-903; and(2) (A) Possesses that image; or(B) Discloses, displays, distributes, or otherwise uses that image. (1) Captures an image in violation of § 39-13-903; and (2) (A) Possesses that im…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), an image captured in violation of § 39-13-903, or an image captured by an unmanned aircraft that was incidental to the lawful capturing of an image:(1) May not be used as evidence in any criminal or juvenile proceeding, civil ac…

This part shall not apply to the manufacture, assembly, distribution, or sale of an unmanned aircraft.

Nothing in this part shall be construed as permitting any act prohibited by other law.

(a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft who operates an unmanned aircraft within four hundred feet (400′) of or above a ticketed entertainment event. (b) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (c) Subsection (a) does not a…