---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, prohibits the dropping of items or substances from unmanned aircraft into an open-air event venue where more than 100 persons are gathered for a ticketed event; violation is Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, prohibits the dropping of items or substances from unmanned aircraft into an open-air event venue where more than 100 persons are gathered for a ticketed event; violation is Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Tennessee SB 349 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Wright"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/691848c3-fca9-4903-910a-4ebf0783086a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0349&GA=111"
source_hash: "420490500c590e44d57bf56394c1c9800ffa166925edd4aa0ef11b42b85b8f7c"
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 349 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, prohibits the dropping of items or substances from unmanned aircraft into an open-air event venue where more than 100 persons are gathered for a ticketed event; violation is Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

## 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/111/Bill/SB0349.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/13/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Pub. Ch. 40
- **2019-04-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/691848c3-fca9-4903-910a-4ebf0783086a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).