---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes changes to definitions and descriptions of conduct for which new home contractors and home improvement services providers may bear civil and criminal responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes changes to definitions and descriptions of conduct for which new home contractors and home improvement services providers may bear civil and criminal responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1771"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1771 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Kelsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fe007ee-ef0d-4be7-b66f-8e9b3ddf5e23"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1771&GA=110"
source_hash: "aec3ccbabe0173f7ed07dd6fa2dc28488b0624c9dc3354a871c7df3daf1105d0"
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 1771 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes changes to definitions and descriptions of conduct for which new home contractors and home improvement services providers may bear civil and criminal responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1771.pdf)

## Votes

- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018 2/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Kelsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 547
- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 547
- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fe007ee-ef0d-4be7-b66f-8e9b3ddf5e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).