---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing - As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a cognitive behavioral training course; requires the offender to provide proof of course completion to the court or the court’s designee within the time period specified by the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-302."
description: "Sentencing - As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a cognitive behavioral training course; requires the offender to provide proof of course completion to the court or the court’s designee within the time period specified by the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-302."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Tennessee HB 371 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scarbrough"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf417078-07f0-4f4c-ad1c-b8218dcf5c14"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0371&ga=114"
source_hash: "1c1668ca212a3d5517c9404e492020501bfb38ffc934a8a662dc1840a6386376"
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 371 (114) — Sentencing - As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a cognitive behavioral training course; requires the offender to provide proof of course completion to the court or the court’s designee within the time period specified by the court. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-302.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0322.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0207.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0369** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0369.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0371.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2025 Passed — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (5) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scarbrough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0369)
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0207)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0322) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **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) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 481

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf417078-07f0-4f4c-ad1c-b8218dcf5c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).