---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of criminal trespass in regard to grounds and common areas of housing and apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106 and Section 39-14-405."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of criminal trespass in regard to grounds and common areas of housing and apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106 and Section 39-14-405."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Tennessee SB 274 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Towns"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e139ef6-39e8-4084-8f28-bafd257e7ee9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0274&GA=110"
source_hash: "9cc9ee0cc419e627e2e17fb0489dcba196dea0ab8c9f772466aedd8524503301"
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 274 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of criminal trespass in regard to grounds and common areas of housing and apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106 and Section 39-14-405.

## 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/SB0274.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/1/2017 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/30/2017 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Towns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0056)
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0152) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 135
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 135

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e139ef6-39e8-4084-8f28-bafd257e7ee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).