---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2256 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5d8c8a-7f0d-4a26-b10b-18955db0f7a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2256&GA=110"
source_hash: "b73d5955f236a98ec5893d9836a4ca5f1b56a006b188db645ebca9ec99880f06"
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 2256 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2256.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 4/12/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curcio — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-02** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Reset on cal. for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1083)
- **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 8, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1193) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 970
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 970
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba5d8c8a-7f0d-4a26-b10b-18955db0f7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).