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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1."
+description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 128"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 128 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Thompson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30fa7ff7-e92c-4b7e-a631-ba26742d3ebc"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0128&GA=110"
+source_hash: "bf55797499dfd773e2c7f36020b034fa5c66574f816fce31213732b02d7d4280"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 128 (110) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0128.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017 3/16/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/14/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/22/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-01-12** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
+- **2017-01-25** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/31/2017
+- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-01-31** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/7/2017
+- **2017-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
+- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
+- **2017-02-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/13/2017
+- **2017-02-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-02-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-02-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0007)
+- **2017-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/22/2017
+- **2017-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-01** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/14/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
+- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017
+- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-23** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0009) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 83
+- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 83
+- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30fa7ff7-e92c-4b7e-a631-ba26742d3ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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