Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.

CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER Under present law, a person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if the following criteria are met: (1) Acting with the culpability required for the offense, the person causes or aids an innocent or irresponsible person to engage in conduct prohibited by the definition of the offense; (2) Acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, or to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, the person solicits, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another person to commit the offense; or (3) Having a duty imposed by law or voluntarily undertaken to prevent commission of the offense and acting with intent to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, or to promote or assist its commission, the person fails to make a reasonable effort to prevent commission of the offense. This bill removes the above provisions and other references to criminal responsibility, as described below. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR FACILITATION OF FELONY Under present law, a person is criminally responsible for the facilitation of a felony, if, knowing that another intends to commit a specific felony, but without the intent required for criminal responsibility under state law, the person knowingly furnishes substantial assistance in the commission of the felony. The facilitation of the commission of a felony is an offense of the class next below the felony facilitated by the person so charged. This bill removes these provisions. FIRST DEGREE MURDER Under present law, one meaning of murder is a killing of another committed in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate any first degree murder, arson, robbery, burglary, theft, kidnapping, aggravated abuse of an elderly or vulnerable adult, aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult, aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, or aircraft piracy. This bill removes this provision. DEFENSE TO SOLICITATION OR CONSPIRACY Under present law, it is a defense to a charge of attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit an offense that if the criminal object were achieved, the person would not be guilty of an offense under the law defining the offense or as an accomplice under state law. This bill removes the reference to an accomplice. ACTING IN CONCERT Under present law, "acting in concert" means such conduct that would make one criminally responsible pursuant to state law relative to (i) being a party to an offense; (ii) criminal responsibility for conduct of another; and (iii) criminal responsibility for facilitation of a felony. This bill removes (ii) and (iii). CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY Present law relative to communication theft establishes that assisting another in committing a prohibited act of communication theft would make such a person criminally responsible for the act. This bill removes this provision. VANDALISM Under present law, a person who commits an offense of vandalism is a principal under state law. This bill removes this provision. SEXUAL OFFENSES Under present law relative to sexual assault program services, "sexual offense" means criminal responsibility for facilitating the commission of or being an accessory after the fact to a sexual offense enumerated under state law. This bill removes the language relative to facilitating the commission of the offense. NONVIOLENT PROPERTY OFFENSES Under present law relative to sentencing alternatives for defendants who commit nonviolent property offenses, facilitating criminal simulation under state law relative to criminal responsibility for facilitation of a felony and criminal simulation, where the amount is $1,000 or more, but less than $10,000, is a nonviolent property offense. This bill removes the reference to criminal responsibility for facilitation of a felony. Under present law, facilitating the theft of property under state law relative to criminal responsibility for facilitation of a felony and theft of property, where the amount of the property is $1,000 or more, but less than $10,000 is a nonviolent property offense. This bill removes the reference to criminal responsibility for facilitation of a felony. VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSES Under present law relative to collection of biological specimens for DNA analysis, criminal responsibility and facilitating the commission of a violent felony offense are in themselves violent felony offenses. This bill removes this provision. SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRY Under present law relative to registering as a sex offender, criminal responsibility and facilitating the commission are sexual offenses or violent sexual offenses. This bill removes this provision. MONITORING SERIOUS AND VIOLENT SEX OFFENDERS Under present law relative to the monitoring of serious and violent sex offenders, criminal responsibility, facilitating the commission, and being an accessory after the fact are offenses. This bill removes the reference to criminal responsibility.