---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Tennessee HB 78 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec9c267-9869-4224-a00a-f010e51c6c03"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0078&GA=110"
source_hash: "65236fd6fa578fedb357a89f3d55bef0e62f1e419174018b6d4c8bc0f903129e"
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 78 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

## 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/HB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2017 3/2/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/14/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2017 Passed — **68–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kane — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0027) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0421)
- **2017-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 286
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 286

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ec9c267-9869-4224-a00a-f010e51c6c03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).