---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to contract with entities and organizations, including local governments, to create or operate community-based alternatives to incarceration; rewrites various provisions regarding community corrections, probation, probation revocation, and release on bail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1; Section 16-3-810; Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 16, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to contract with entities and organizations, including local governments, to create or operate community-based alternatives to incarceration; rewrites various provisions regarding community corrections, probation, probation revocation, and release on bail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1; Section 16-3-810; Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 16, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 784"
citation: "Tennessee HB 784 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 56
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/039d28fd-c818-47c2-b6ae-d4393997f365"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0784&GA=112"
source_hash: "e0cc30db95e15d48bcd7c9d09205cc696c35b531883b7e353b2166785dec3015"
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 784 (112) — Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to contract with entities and organizations, including local governments, to create or operate community-based alternatives to incarceration; rewrites various provisions regarding community corrections, probation, probation revocation, and release on bail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1; Section 16-3-810; Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 16, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0135.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0294.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0379.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0381.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0112.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0253.pdf)
7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0784.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY GRIFFEY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (3) — **78–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021 4/15/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/17/2021 (9) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/29/2021 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY GRIFFEY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (2) — **76–11** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/24/2021 (8) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-12** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-12** Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0294) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0135) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0381) `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-22** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0379) `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0253)
- **2021-04-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0112)
- **2021-04-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 409
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 409

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/039d28fd-c818-47c2-b6ae-d4393997f365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).