---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Tennessee SB 30 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-02"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01bc416e-64d8-4ba7-b14b-f6803ac21d3d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0030&ga=114"
source_hash: "d4d7d8f50932f7ea8ddbd9fd07acd262152c11f54b9a40637f4b848005d2fb3e"
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 30 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0279.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0521** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0521.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0344.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0030.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed — **70–20** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **70–20** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/8/2025 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Failed — **24–70** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0344)
- **2025-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 20, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Failed to adopt (Amendment 2 - HA0521), Ayes 24, Nays 70, PNV 0
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0279) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 409

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01bc416e-64d8-4ba7-b14b-f6803ac21d3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).