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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person for making a report to law enforcement of suspicious activity or behavior if the report is based on articulable suspicion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person for making a report to law enforcement of suspicious activity or behavior if the report is based on articulable suspicion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 816"
citation: "Tennessee SB 816 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Matheny"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7501146-6a6c-40e7-8544-4929abaa3cdf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0816&GA=110"
source_hash: "1308cb1f656bec8e653300a031ac7c924029b8623fc94eb00fb54edd9b2771f2"
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 SB 816 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person for making a report to law enforcement of suspicious activity or behavior if the report is based on articulable suspicion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8.
## 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/SB0816.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Green — primary (person)
- Matheny — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 208
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 208
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/19/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7501146-6a6c-40e7-8544-4929abaa3cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).