---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, enacts \"Savanna's Law,\" which creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, enacts \"Savanna's Law,\" which creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1200 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e33fb8-f8db-4e88-8aa8-b214cdbacac4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1200&ga=114"
source_hash: "345b236e7c3c5e8b6c17bd97acef837e90addb7f370db6ce5472d4ca4f31d189"
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 1200 (114) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, enacts "Savanna's Law," which creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0194.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0421** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0421.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0364.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1200.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 4/15/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (5) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2025 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (6) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **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`
- **2025-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0421) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0194) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0364)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** 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) 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 520

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2e33fb8-f8db-4e88-8aa8-b214cdbacac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).