republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-317.md

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Bill	Mental Illness - As enacted, establishes procedures to be followed by the trial court for the diagnosis, evaluation, and initial treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity for first degree murder or certain other Class A felonies. - Amends TCA Section 33-7-303.	Mental Illness - As enacted, establishes procedures to be followed by the trial court for the diagnosis, evaluation, and initial treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity for first degree murder or certain other Class A felonies. - Amends TCA Section 33-7-303.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 317	Tennessee HB 317 (110)	bill	Mental Illness	enacted	Hawk Norris	1	40	5	2017-01-31	2017-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/15c3ef45-fc12-4785-8932-a3fccc246f87	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0317&GA=110	0136fee12fa02f26e4fb4d38d4b8474cf806f4575ec94da620a9185f37ead396	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 317 (110) — Mental Illness - As enacted, establishes procedures to be followed by the trial court for the diagnosis, evaluation, and initial treatment of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity for first degree murder or certain other Class A felonies. - Amends TCA Section 33-7-303.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/22/2017 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/14/2017 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hawk — primary (person)
• Norris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-06 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-16 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-28 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2017-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-14 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-22 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-28 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
• 2017-04-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-05 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-06 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
• 2017-04-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-18 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
• 2017-04-20 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017
• 2017-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-27 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 342
• 2017-05-22 Pub. Ch. 342
• 2017-05-22 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15c3ef45-fc12-4785-8932-a3fccc246f87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).