---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, updates victim notification requirements and procedures to reflect establishment of electronic victim notification system. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, updates victim notification requirements and procedures to reflect establishment of electronic victim notification system. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2235"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2235 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims' Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1e4c00c-aea6-4b22-af6c-9fef2eaa0146"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2235&GA=110"
source_hash: "d6b549a17b2d1d4cf34a947de0116772210cf452572714908c72b8da747f8059"
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 2235 (110) — Victims' Rights - As enacted, updates victim notification requirements and procedures to reflect establishment of electronic victim notification system. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

## 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/SB2235.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2018-02-21** 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 Consent Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 598
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 598
- **2018-04-04** 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/f1e4c00c-aea6-4b22-af6c-9fef2eaa0146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).