Current Version
| Region | Tennessee |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 1999 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Tennessee’s S.B. 897, added hate-crime sentence-enhancement coverage for crimes where the victim or affected property was selected because of the defendant’s belief or perception about sexual orientation or gender, with Tennessee later treating anti-transgender crimes as covered under “gender” through a February 8, 2019 attorney-general opinion rather than an explicit “gender identity” statutory amendment. |
| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/2023%20Hate%20Crime%20Final%20SECURED.pdf https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/101/Bill/SB0897.pdf https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/ops/2019/op19-01.pdf |
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| Start Date | 2008 | Jul 1, 1999 |
| Description | Tennessee law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. | Tennessee’s S.B. 897, added hate-crime sentence-enhancement coverage for crimes where the victim or affected property was selected because of the defendant’s belief or perception about sexual orientation or gender, with Tennessee later treating anti-transgender crimes as covered under “gender” through a February 8, 2019 attorney-general opinion rather than an explicit “gender identity” statutory amendment. |
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| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/2023%20Hate%20Crime%20Final%20SECURED.pdf | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/2023%20Hate%20Crime%20Final%20SECURED.pdf https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/101/Bill/SB0897.pdf https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/ops/2019/op19-01.pdf |
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| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/HateCrime%20Final20202.pdf | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/2023%20Hate%20Crime%20Final%20SECURED.pdf |
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| Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Start Date | 2008 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Tennessee law protects individuals from hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| Sources | https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/HateCrime%20Final20202.pdf |