---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, false imprisonment, robbery, or a sexual offense while engaged in the performance of official duties as a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, false imprisonment, robbery, or a sexual offense while engaged in the performance of official duties as a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1081 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22021ef9-2d69-416f-b883-29993831a8df"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1081&GA=113"
source_hash: "9fb6aa8f1993425f2c2147543bac3836d362960c4321990bbc3cb8f21f8a818c"
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 1081 (113) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, false imprisonment, robbery, or a sexual offense while engaged in the performance of official duties as a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0329.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0355.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1081.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023 3/30/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2023 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0329) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0355)
- **2023-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 318

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22021ef9-2d69-416f-b883-29993831a8df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).