SB1815

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.

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Tennessee SB1815 amends criminal offenses to include coercive suicide and negligent use of artificial intelligence systems that encourage suicide.

Tennessee SB1815 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, to include the offense of coercive suicide, where a person intentionally advises or encourages another to commit suicide. It also criminalizes the negligent use of artificial intelligence systems that encourage suicide, defining such systems as those capable of making predictions, recommendations, or decisions. The act takes effect July 1, 2026, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

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Roll Call Votes

31 Yea

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0 Nay

Calendar

Mar 3

12:00 AM

Senate Revenue Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways & Means Hearing

History

May 27

Pub. Ch. 1098

May 27

Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

May 22

Senate

Signed by Governor.