Public Chapter 358

HOUSE BILL NO. 1620

By Representatives Hargrove, Newton, West, McMillan, Head

Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1476

By Senator Crutchfield

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-204(i)(12), relative to mass murder.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-204(i)(12), is amended by deleting the language in section (12) and inserting the following language:

The defendant committed "mass murder", which is defined as the murder of three (3) or more persons whether committed during a single criminal episode or at different times within a of forty-eight (48) month period.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.