HB1765

HB1765 amends Tennessee law to enhance penalties for violating lifetime orders of protection and clarify jurisdictional application.

HB1765 modifies Tennessee's lifetime orders of protection by making violations a Class E felony if the offender knowingly violated such an order and the underlying conviction involved force against a victim. It also mandates that any incarceration sentence for such violations must be served consecutively to other related sentences, though judges may order concurrent service. The bill extends the scope of offenses that qualify for a lifetime order of protection to include felony offenses committed in other states if they match Tennessee's listed offenses.