---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "Tennessee HB 354 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955e59c6-6187-4ed8-a71b-1677237ac4c5"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0354&ga=114"
source_hash: "6113b332f3606cd517f5066f7891a9e65338c356ec9441888cf041e73282bdd6"
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 354 (114) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0967** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0967.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0971** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0971.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0354.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026 4/2/2026 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-03-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-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 cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0967) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0971)
- **2026-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- **2026-05-14** Pub. Ch. 908

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955e59c6-6187-4ed8-a71b-1677237ac4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).