---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2279"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2279 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7105161c-f791-4fd5-8c91-aaf5721ea34f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2279&ga=114"
source_hash: "a48c07a0e47ea2199004058d3c132065e716295b0a3ef7924a4d73faccf14ab8"
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 2279 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0652** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0652.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0713.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2279.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (4) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026 3/19/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (3) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **77–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 12, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0652) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0713)
- **2026-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 777

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7105161c-f791-4fd5-8c91-aaf5721ea34f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).