---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, states that aggravated burglary and especially aggravated burglary are crimes committed against the person; moves the burglary offenses to the chapter that includes offenses against persons. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, states that aggravated burglary and especially aggravated burglary are crimes committed against the person; moves the burglary offenses to the chapter that includes offenses against persons. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 970"
citation: "Tennessee SB 970 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Ogles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29fa7a74-ea87-4fd9-9456-f4c019329d25"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0970&GA=112"
source_hash: "2591e3c814b9db1265636e8a6f0d55f45de8b36b2b65d98e9e75d6ae356fcefa"
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 970 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, states that aggravated burglary and especially aggravated burglary are crimes committed against the person; moves the burglary offenses to the chapter that includes offenses against persons. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0970.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **80–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Ogles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Held on desk.
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-26** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 545
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 545

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29fa7a74-ea87-4fd9-9456-f4c019329d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).