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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
+description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 120"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 120 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-01-13"
+last_action: "2025-04-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0120&ga=114"
+source_hash: "d1975365692e54cfe6f72b4d7d002bfaeed943f4b225853ad785f2381d84ee79"
+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 120 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0120.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **9–2** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **73–20** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (3) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
+- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
+- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/19/2025
+- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
+- **2025-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/4/2025
+- **2025-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
+- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
+- **2025-03-10** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2025-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
+- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 84
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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