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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39."
+description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 2198"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2198 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17d7bd11-f0a9-4662-b75e-22d5a6442ff8"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2198&GA=113"
+source_hash: "9b08b6cf0ed6deee3bb637fdefab35084bb53251ed144f3be6ed2a6a868d0451"
+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 2198 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0759** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0759.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0916** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0916.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2198.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024 3/21/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/12/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mitchell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2024-01-31** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
+- **2024-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/5/2024
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
+- **2024-03-05** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2024
+- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
+- **2024-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/19/2024
+- **2024-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
+- **2024-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
+- **2024-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0759) `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2024-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2024-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0916)
+- **2024-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2024-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
+- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 887
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17d7bd11-f0a9-4662-b75e-22d5a6442ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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