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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Spencer Bristol Act,\" which increases the penalty for evading arrest that results in the serious bodily injury of a law enforcement officer to a Class C felony and evading arrest that results in the death of a law enforcement officer to a Class A felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6."
+description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Spencer Bristol Act,\" which increases the penalty for evading arrest that results in the serious bodily injury of a law enforcement officer to a Class C felony and evading arrest that results in the death of a law enforcement officer to a Class A felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 55"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 55 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2021-01-04"
+last_action: "2021-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5434e144-d952-4ea2-8c37-aa563cf4d1f1"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0055&GA=112"
+source_hash: "282d65c1bcff11b9dc2da5dc1868d2cd4d30c58dbb4ed8258914c9f903fa18d3"
+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 55 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Spencer Bristol Act," which increases the penalty for evading arrest that results in the serious bodily injury of a law enforcement officer to a Class C felony and evading arrest that results in the death of a law enforcement officer to a Class A felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0055.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/24/2021 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-13** P2C held on desk.
+- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
+- **2021-02-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
+- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
+- **2021-03-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
+- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2021-03-17** Placed behind the budget
+- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
+- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
+- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
+- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278
+- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
+- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 278
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5434e144-d952-4ea2-8c37-aa563cf4d1f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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