---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Tennessee HB 120 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0120&ga=114"
source_hash: "d1975365692e54cfe6f72b4d7d002bfaeed943f4b225853ad785f2381d84ee79"
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 120 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0120.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (3) — **16–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/4/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).