HB 1295

This bill enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminati ng Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act), "" which establishes that a person commits an offense who interferes with the receipt by an individual or entity of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully en titled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual or entity of the loan, grant, or financial assistance. A violation of this bill is punished as theft. The monetary value of property from multiple crimi nal acts that are charged in a single violation must be aggregated to establish value under this bill . In addition to such criminal penalty, a victim of an offense may bring a civil action to recover the funds that the victim did not receive because of th e offense."