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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sentencing - As enacted, provides that if the victim in an aggravated sexual battery was less than 18 or was mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, then such battery remains a Class B felony, and the defendant must be punished as a Range II offender; provides that the sentence imposed upon the defendant may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case lower than Range II. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
+description: "Sentencing - As enacted, provides that if the victim in an aggravated sexual battery was less than 18 or was mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, then such battery remains a Class B felony, and the defendant must be punished as a Range II offender; provides that the sentence imposed upon the defendant may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case lower than Range II. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 678"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 678 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Sentencing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["White"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/082c1ce4-d23f-4d4a-8633-5669d1f3aae6"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0678&ga=114"
+source_hash: "002f5f8689f08862accca14b5fc3ba40e65e5e7f83d03e7a6e33fd24f2b5d649"
+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 SB 678 (114) — Sentencing - As enacted, provides that if the victim in an aggravated sexual battery was less than 18 or was mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, then such battery remains a Class B felony, and the defendant must be punished as a Range II offender; provides that the sentence imposed upon the defendant may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case lower than Range II. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0374** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0374.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0678.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed (2) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (3) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- White — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
+- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025
+- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0374) `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0, PNV 1(Amendment 1 - HA0374) `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
+- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 375
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/082c1ce4-d23f-4d4a-8633-5669d1f3aae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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