UPDATE (2016): This law was enacted during the 2013-2014 legislation period with a two-year expiration (sunset) date for TN state officials to review. This law officially expired on July 1, 2016, when the state legislature chose not to renew or extend the criminal penalties of this specific law. New legislation regarding illegal drug use during pregnancy that Governor Bill Haslam signed into law in April will take effect on July 1. This legislation “provides that a woman may

With the warm weather comes summer parties. For those who will be drinking, there are not many things that will put more of a damper on your summer fun than getting charged with a DUI. After a long summer night drinking at the bar with your friends, you realize you are too intoxicated to drive. Instead of calling a designated driver, cab, or rideshare, you decide to sleep it off in your car for a while. You walk to your car in the parking lot and sit down in the driver's seat

In Tennessee, the answer to this question in the past was “No,” with a few exceptions. However, in January 2012, a change in Tennessee law in regards to compelled chemical tests changed this answer. The new changes in the law expands those previous few exceptions to create more situations in which a police officer may “require” individuals pulled over for DUI to submit to a chemical test to determine drug or alcohol content in the blood. (T.C.A. 55-10-406(f) – amended by 2011