Tennessee House of Representatives bill in Session 114.
Status: enacted. Latest action: May 15, 2026.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.
This bill creates an offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business, or a financial institution, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from th at path or route while in possession of two or more criminal instruments. The offense created in this bill is generally classified as a Class A misdemeanor, except in the following situations: The offense is a Class D felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a burglary offense. The offense is a Class B felony if, during the commission of the offense, the person commits a robbery offense. As used in this bill, "criminal instrument"" means an item or thing, the possession of which is not otherwise an offense, that is possessed, used, made, designed, or adapted for use in the commission of a burglary offense or theft of property. ON APRIL 21, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1668, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 also applies the bill to a person who knowingly travels, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from an automatic teller machine."
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-05-15 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-05-15 | Latest Action | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951 |