Article I. Declaration of Rights
Article I, Section 11
Constitution of the State of Tennessee
Official text
That laws made for the punishment of acts committed previous to the existence of such laws, and by them only declared criminal, are contrary to the principles of a free Government; wherefore no Ex post facto law shall be made.
Source: Tennessee Blue Book 2025-2026 (Tennessee Secretary of State)
In plain English
No ex post facto laws: the legislature may not make something a crime after it was done and then punish people for it.
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