---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act,\" which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act,\" which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1709"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1709 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf81ccad-1e16-4c17-897d-ee6cfad4714e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1709&GA=113"
source_hash: "493e600a845a031a783f2a8f47b9cc88445cb7f6d12672aab394bcc5e999f724"
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 1709 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act," which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0510.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0593** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0593.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1709.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed — **72–20** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 2/27/2024 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2024 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **24–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Judiciary Committee 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0593)
- **2024-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0510) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 928

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf81ccad-1e16-4c17-897d-ee6cfad4714e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).