---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; revises penalty for offense of failure to appear; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; revises penalty for offense of failure to appear; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Tennessee HB 167 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Stevens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 64
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41d1065b-dc29-44bd-acf4-9c7d181d8442"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0167&GA=111"
source_hash: "f93e630f3e5bbf157f235267041bd30f780fb28b70ca71926aec432a4f21fc85"
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 167 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; revises penalty for offense of failure to appear; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0084** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0084.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0362.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0043.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0044.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0427.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0459.pdf)
7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0167.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Rule 39(3) Amend# 4 by Stevens 5/1/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/26/2019 Passed (5) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (3) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/24/2019 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 3, 4 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-12** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Action def. in Judiciary to 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0362) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0084) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Message Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0044)
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0043)
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0427)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Reset on next available calendar
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA0459)
- **2019-05-01** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2019-05-01** Tabling motion lifted
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** H. returned to Senate
- **2019-05-02** H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 & 4 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 486
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 486

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41d1065b-dc29-44bd-acf4-9c7d181d8442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).