---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, permits a judge to issue a criminal summons, instead of an arrest warrant, for a technical violation of probation or a suspended sentence when the technical violation is brought by a probation officer. - Amends TCA Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, permits a judge to issue a criminal summons, instead of an arrest warrant, for a technical violation of probation or a suspended sentence when the technical violation is brought by a probation officer. - Amends TCA Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2632"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2632 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/736e10ad-dec9-4b2d-8962-6e179162fbe5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2632&GA=112"
source_hash: "3b6783ec6bbe10ec038f90ff6ffbae466882d0cfd2392b21ae1b3782e384c05b"
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 2632 (112) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, permits a judge to issue a criminal summons, instead of an arrest warrant, for a technical violation of probation or a suspended sentence when the technical violation is brought by a probation officer. - Amends TCA Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0901** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0901.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0833.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2632.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Niceley — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0833)
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0901) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 981
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 981

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/736e10ad-dec9-4b2d-8962-6e179162fbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).