republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-78.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 78	Tennessee HB 78 (110)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Kane Niceley	1	43	6	2017-01-19	2017-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1ec9c267-9869-4224-a00a-f010e51c6c03	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0078&GA=110	65236fd6fa578fedb357a89f3d55bef0e62f1e419174018b6d4c8bc0f903129e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 78 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes property owners to provide notice that trespassing is prohibited on their property by marking trees and posts with purple paint as an alternative to posting signs. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

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 3/6/2017 3/2/2017 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/14/2017 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2017 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — 90–1 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2017 Passed — 68–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kane — primary (person)
• Niceley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-01 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
• 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
• 2017-02-14 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-15 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/22/2017
• 2017-02-22 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
• 2017-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-02 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2017
• 2017-03-06 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 2 passage
• 2017-03-06 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0027) amendment-passage
• 2017-03-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2017-03-09 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-28 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2017
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-04 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-12 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
• 2017-04-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
• 2017-04-20 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/24/2017
• 2017-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0421)
• 2017-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2017-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2017-04-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2017-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2017-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-26 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-19 Pub. Ch. 286
• 2017-05-19 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
• 2017-05-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 286

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ec9c267-9869-4224-a00a-f010e51c6c03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).