---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1089"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1089 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fbd8ac9-4a83-4fa8-b053-3907d5cf4c90"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1089&ga=114"
source_hash: "87c78c0a4c21228c71c9f176c6f352fc83eb088af988cba0a5b33dc25bee3b81"
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 1089 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0121.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0500** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0500.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0501.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0211.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1089.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (6) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (5) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (7) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **28–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0501) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0500) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0121) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0211)
- **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 511

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fbd8ac9-4a83-4fa8-b053-3907d5cf4c90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).