2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

SB1128: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to interference with property.

Legislative Summary

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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Bill History

2/6/2025
Filed for introduction
Senate
2/7/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate
2/10/2025
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate
2/12/2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
3/19/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
Senate
3/24/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
Senate
3/25/2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
Senate
3/26/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
Senate
3/31/2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
Senate
3/31/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
Senate
4/1/2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
Senate
4/1/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
Senate
4/2/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate
4/2/2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025
Senate
4/2/2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
Senate
4/8/2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 1st Calendar of 2026
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/6/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Sponsors

Documents

Draft
Bill Text2/6/20258.8 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/6/20258.8 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/4/2025137.2 KB