---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enhances the penalty for destruction or alteration of governmental records from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enhances the penalty for destruction or alteration of governmental records from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 911"
citation: "Tennessee SB 911 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e59fe2c7-9b6e-4851-b9f0-510f96452bcc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0911&GA=111"
source_hash: "3b0c7c430720cab49ff48770984e97118641c91f71ea85647c0dde10960bd8bd"
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 911 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enhances the penalty for destruction or alteration of governmental records from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## 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/SB0911.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/1/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2019 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-23** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5/2/19
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Judiciary Committee 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-05-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** 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. 495
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 495
- **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/e59fe2c7-9b6e-4851-b9f0-510f96452bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).