---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Tennessee HB 5 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-01"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e841c43f-d5bb-45bb-a848-e6fef1e90fa0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0005&GA=113"
source_hash: "094f8f6ee2ab292ef651a3ec71f41836ad95c294d18bfda88e083884eec85615"
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 5 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0054** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0054.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0388** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0388.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0005.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/21/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2023-01-12** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0054) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0388)
- **2023-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-04-25** Pub. Ch. 155

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e841c43f-d5bb-45bb-a848-e6fef1e90fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).