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TN HB1012
Bill
Status
2/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Johnny Shaw
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AI Summary
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Removes immunity from criminal prosecution for attorneys acting as counsel who commit perjury, aggravated perjury, or subornation of perjury
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Removes immunity for attorneys who tamper with or fabricate evidence, or destroy or tamper with governmental records
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Removes immunity for attorneys who coerce or persuade witnesses
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Addresses a conflict identified in Law Offices of T. Robert Hill PC v. Cobb (2021), where the Tennessee Court of Appeals held that litigation privilege protected attorneys who submitted false pleadings and suborned perjury
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Takes effect immediately upon becoming law
Legislative Description
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 27 and Title 39, relative to attorneys at law.
Attorneys at Law
Last Action
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
3/19/2025