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type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, creates the unruly act of illegal use of a telecommunication device. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, creates the unruly act of illegal use of a telecommunication device. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 959"
citation: "Tennessee HB 959 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/168ef60c-f6a5-485e-90fd-cd2fb6d0bc06"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0959&GA=110"
source_hash: "5daa3c9f6ca024b342740d56e23ba1cdd0370801d4b0f778c0d6a5c51a2b690d"
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 959 (110) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, creates the unruly act of illegal use of a telecommunication device. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0959.pdf)
## Votes
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/28/2017 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed (1) — **262** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT AMEND# 1 BY Kelsey 5/3/2017 Failed — **1019** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **860** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Casada — primary (person)
- Johnson — 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** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reassigned to Criminal Justice Committee
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0306) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0490)
- **2017-05-03** Failed to adopt, Ayes 10, Nays 19 (Amendment 1 - SA0487)
- **2017-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 367
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 367
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/168ef60c-f6a5-485e-90fd-cd2fb6d0bc06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).