---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2138 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98c06fb-6cf9-4909-b738-61a84308b432"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2138&ga=114"
source_hash: "a2a30e197f223c83b2cfc1ca4b85c9652209f76052c19a00148386cbaf2cca8c"
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 SB 2138 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

## 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/SB2138.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/24/2026 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 1, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 715

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98c06fb-6cf9-4909-b738-61a84308b432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).