---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of electronic citations, and not just written citations on paper, for certain misdemeanor criminal offenses in lieu of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of electronic citations, and not just written citations on paper, for certain misdemeanor criminal offenses in lieu of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1622"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1622 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Staples"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27dd25ea-8f1e-4887-b2e1-6d8779558e5a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1622&GA=111"
source_hash: "2bda658dc8b22213f59602aa2b25809f5c0c365b2c9e13dbe450b304868df012"
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 1622 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of electronic citations, and not just written citations on paper, for certain misdemeanor criminal offenses in lieu of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0489.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1622.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **65–19** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020 6/15/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/10/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/11/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/28/2020
- **2020-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-01-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0489)
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-03** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Passed H., Ayes 65, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 781
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27dd25ea-8f1e-4887-b2e1-6d8779558e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).