---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1314"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1314 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07df2cb4-eedf-4574-b9a4-72f7942a6449"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1314&ga=114"
source_hash: "d7ba1ceef1b514f8671223c39fe7967e0b875a612f065ce0acff4e78b9fcfc9e"
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 1314 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0192.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0351** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0351.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1314.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (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) — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (6) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **83–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — 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** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-19** Meeting Canceled
- **2025-02-26** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/25
- **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`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** 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 by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 11, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0192) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0351)
- **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **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) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 522

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07df2cb4-eedf-4574-b9a4-72f7942a6449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).