---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, includes within the offense of especially aggravated stalking a person 18 years of age or older who commits the offense of stalking or aggravated stalking against a victim who is less than 12 years of age at any time during the person's course of conduct. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-315."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, includes within the offense of especially aggravated stalking a person 18 years of age or older who commits the offense of stalking or aggravated stalking against a victim who is less than 12 years of age at any time during the person's course of conduct. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-315."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Tennessee HB 294 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swann", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5519a3d5-f46c-4dad-bbcd-48a7a7841096"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0294&GA=110"
source_hash: "7f9f69cf4610cc58e607d050b0feb3808993ee4885fd4f5d1e2f1f63c6f7c1f0"
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 294 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, includes within the offense of especially aggravated stalking a person 18 years of age or older who commits the offense of stalking or aggravated stalking against a victim who is less than 12 years of age at any time during the person's course of conduct. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-315.

## 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/HB0294.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018 4/18/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swann — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-08** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 975
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 975
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5519a3d5-f46c-4dad-bbcd-48a7a7841096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).