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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71."
+description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 354"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 354 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955e59c6-6187-4ed8-a71b-1677237ac4c5"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0354&ga=114"
+source_hash: "6113b332f3606cd517f5066f7891a9e65338c356ec9441888cf041e73282bdd6"
+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 354 (114) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0967** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0967.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0971** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0971.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0354.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026 4/2/2026 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Powers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2025-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
+- **2026-03-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
+- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
+- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
+- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
+- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
+- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
+- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
+- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026
+- **2026-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2026-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2026-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0967) `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2026-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0971)
+- **2026-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-14** Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
+- **2026-05-14** Pub. Ch. 908
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955e59c6-6187-4ed8-a71b-1677237ac4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+