---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for using an unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure facility without the business operator's consent from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class E felony; adds communication service facilities to the types of facilities that are considered critical infrastructure facilities. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for using an unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure facility without the business operator's consent from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class E felony; adds communication service facilities to the types of facilities that are considered critical infrastructure facilities. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Tennessee SB 306 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/619f52f7-4e26-4a9e-a84c-5da1b9fa1714"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0306&GA=111"
source_hash: "7b45bc66761b5b508b57c01249acd481f517a7ec32ed411bb50bbba9f963c5fb"
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 306 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for using an unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure facility without the business operator's consent from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class E felony; adds communication service facilities to the types of facilities that are considered critical infrastructure facilities. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0052** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0052.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0018.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0306.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0018)
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **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`
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0052) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 60
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/619f52f7-4e26-4a9e-a84c-5da1b9fa1714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).