Traffic stops - Local resolutions or ordinances preventing lawful stops prohibited and void

A local governmental entity or official shall not adopt or enact a resolution, ordinance, or policy that prohibits or limits the ability of a law enforcement agency to conduct traffic stops based on observation of or reasonable suspicion that the operator or a passenger in a vehicle has violated a local ordinance or state or federal law. A resolution, ordinance, or policy that is adopted in violation of this section is null and void. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 631,s 1, eff. 3/28/2024. A local governmental entity or official shall not adopt or enact a resolution, ordinance, or policy that prohibits or limits the ability of a law enforcement agency to conduct traffic stops based on observation of or reasonable suspicion that the operator or a passenger in a vehicle has violated a local ordinance or state or federal law. A resolution, ordinance, or policy that is adopted in violation of this section is null and void. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 631,s 1, eff. 3/28/2024.