---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of domestic assault involving strangulation to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days incarceration; enhances offenses involving strangulation or attempted strangulation based on certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of domestic assault involving strangulation to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days incarceration; enhances offenses involving strangulation or attempted strangulation based on certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Tennessee SB 213 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7154bd-ee23-4d87-8c0c-07108c3b6c81"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0213&GA=113"
source_hash: "b601952e9d7848e806c6129394e0f0c4c400b5322b8cfa6d020d07d9a2af6c7c"
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 213 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of domestic assault involving strangulation to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days incarceration; enhances offenses involving strangulation or attempted strangulation based on certain circumstances. - 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 HA0369** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0369.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0195.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0213.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023 3/14/2023 Failed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee 3/21/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/14/2023
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
- **2023-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0195)
- **2023-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0369) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 440

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7154bd-ee23-4d87-8c0c-07108c3b6c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).