---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1624"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1624 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8679b2b8-582f-459e-bd87-fa2fad83ac6c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1624&ga=114"
source_hash: "34d57f35b987ab622ec9849dea1aa6944eb809dac1f2b228b6729907ccbd6a4b"
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 1624 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## 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/HB1624.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-11** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 949

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8679b2b8-582f-459e-bd87-fa2fad83ac6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).