---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a court to order a person who commits evading arrest and, in doing so, damages government property to pay restitution to the appropriate government agency for the damaged property. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-408 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a court to order a person who commits evading arrest and, in doing so, damages government property to pay restitution to the appropriate government agency for the damaged property. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-408 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1635"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1635 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d2923b-e755-48a6-947f-5a6ff184c0e2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1635&GA=111"
source_hash: "94a2d339dbfbae169c17eb8cf79e4d830e72fdc4951158276b442feecac54ad4"
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 1635 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a court to order a person who commits evading arrest and, in doing so, damages government property to pay restitution to the appropriate government agency for the damaged property. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-408 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1635.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-12** Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-16** Pub. Ch. 584
- **2020-04-16** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-04-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 584

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d2923b-e755-48a6-947f-5a6ff184c0e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).