---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two or more criminal instruments. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two or more criminal instruments. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1668"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1668 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252336ef-5c8b-4f14-bfc0-fc7157549b1f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1668&ga=114"
source_hash: "394e26d23452d3b072c15024c68a8ca92cee708b457b48aa1a92698519ddf552"
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 1668 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense for a person to knowingly travel, with intent to commit theft of another person's cash, from a commercial business; a financial institution; or an automated teller machine, on the same path or route as another person without substantial deviation from that path or route while in possession of two or more criminal instruments. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0600.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1084.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1668.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **71–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (6) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (5) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 21, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0600) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1084)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 951

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/252336ef-5c8b-4f14-bfc0-fc7157549b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).