---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, revises provisions concerning judicial commitment of certain persons in the custody of the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, revises provisions concerning judicial commitment of certain persons in the custody of the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1340"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1340 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7840fc64-048f-48ed-9f12-de4fada239a8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1340&GA=111"
source_hash: "209514df655b4279db63b3dedb87693ef48e8c3531ae74fcab8dd55b7a71332c"
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 1340 (111) — Mental Illness - As enacted, revises provisions concerning judicial commitment of certain persons in the custody of the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0237.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0393.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0333.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1340.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Reset on cal. for 4/17/19
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0393) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0237) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0333)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 504
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 504
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7840fc64-048f-48ed-9f12-de4fada239a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).