Sen. Sara Kyle

Primary SB 2645

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony, the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving; requires a person who commits a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving to attend a driver education course and to have their license suspended for at least six months; requires law enforcement to seize a person's vehicle and crush, destroy, or sell the vehicle upon a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Passed Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1485

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds a requirement that a licensed medical laboratory reporting an offender's HIV test results to the victim of an assault also provide the victim with a written copy of the test results. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1479

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38 and Title 39.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1880

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the criminal offense of possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of the offense of stalking, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1852

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly selling, loaning, or making a gift of a firearm to a minor for the purpose of inducing or coercing the minor to commit an offense; subjects a person convicted for such offense to civil liability for any criminal act committed by the minor. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 4; Title 37 and Title 39.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2884

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Appeal and Review - As introduced, grants the district attorney general, in cases where a defendant has been sentenced to death and is seeking collateral or direct review of a conviction or sentence, exclusive control over the state's defense of the request for review, rather than the attorney general, and reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with such matter. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2887

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2488

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a court to order the revocation of a person's driver license if the person is convicted of the offense of reckless endangerment involving the display of a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the person has a prior conviction for the same offense; requires a court to order the seizure and forfeiture of a person's motor vehicle used in the commission of the offense if the person is convicted of the offense of reckless endangerment involving the display of a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the person has two or more prior convictions for the same offense. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2886

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer who becomes aware that an order of protection has been entered against a person in the officer’s presence but has not been served on the person to take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the order of protection, including notifying the sheriff’s department of the person’s immediate location; requires the curriculum of the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission to include instruction on such requirements. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38 and Title 40.

Passed Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1484

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Sexual Offenders - As introduced, clarifies that a sexual offender whose victim was a minor may not engage in community service or volunteer work that would cause the offender to be in contact with a minor while required to register with the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed Apr 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track