republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1402.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 1402	Tennessee HB 1402 (110)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Clemmons Dickerson	1	50	5	2017-02-09	2017-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0be67a54-7d38-4d97-8a11-5719c5d21c31	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1402&GA=110	174224b75710a1ea500f78ef9f1b677ad8d63fc530d297380b7909c78603d62c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1402 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/4/2017 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/26/2017 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (1) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Clemmons — primary (person)
• Dickerson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 P1C.
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-27 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2017-03-27 Sponsor change.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
• 2017-04-04 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-12 Reset on Final cal. of Criminal Justice Committee
• 2017-04-12 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
• 2017-04-18 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-19 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-24 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
• 2017-04-26 Placed behind the budget
• 2017-04-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-26 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-26 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0480)
• 2017-04-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-05-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
• 2017-05-09 Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 3, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-09 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0530) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-05-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-10 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 432
• 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 432
• 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0be67a54-7d38-4d97-8a11-5719c5d21c31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).