---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Stolen Valor Act\". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 3 and Section 58-1-602."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Stolen Valor Act\". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 3 and Section 58-1-602."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2030"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2030 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "VanHuss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23deb035-ef17-4907-a5ef-3894b85b3fd9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2030&GA=110"
source_hash: "2eebe259baa907f8150c6e514c6654084126a95c45f36a4af79d9015add662cb"
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 2030 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Stolen Valor Act". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 3 and Section 58-1-602.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2030.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2018 PASSED (1) — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/16/2018 PASSED — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY VAN HUSS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2018 PASSED — **97–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- VanHuss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0667)
- **2018-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1177) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1143) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1064) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA1177) `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 914
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 914

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23deb035-ef17-4907-a5ef-3894b85b3fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).