---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of conducting the protective detail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58."
description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of conducting the protective detail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 522"
citation: "Tennessee HB 522 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9346a1bb-2faf-43cc-8aa2-13ca8d6a8c20"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0522&GA=113"
source_hash: "9de905007bd21169f874fe724a25f967c41887e448742c5529af97e334fa4314"
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 522 (113) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of conducting the protective detail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58.

## 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/113/Bill/HB0522.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/13/2023 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/14/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9346a1bb-2faf-43cc-8aa2-13ca8d6a8c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).