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type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds Tennessee residency as a requirement for participation in the crime victim address confidentiality program; creates a cancellation exception for a program participant if the secretary of state determines the participant is residing at a shelter; decreases from 60 days to 20 days the period of time a program participant must be found to be unreachable prior to the cancellation of a program participant's certification; makes other revisions to the program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6."
description: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds Tennessee residency as a requirement for participation in the crime victim address confidentiality program; creates a cancellation exception for a program participant if the secretary of state determines the participant is residing at a shelter; decreases from 60 days to 20 days the period of time a program participant must be found to be unreachable prior to the cancellation of a program participant's certification; makes other revisions to the program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1663 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims' Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849c6677-0be3-451d-a416-ec47b33a9846"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1663&GA=111"
source_hash: "3abc89663e5da108e46d286a2122f9a00957643dd346fe9a3fe4dece960e014d"
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 1663 (111) — Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds Tennessee residency as a requirement for participation in the crime victim address confidentiality program; creates a cancellation exception for a program participant if the secretary of state determines the participant is residing at a shelter; decreases from 60 days to 20 days the period of time a program participant must be found to be unreachable prior to the cancellation of a program participant's certification; makes other revisions to the program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6.
## 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/111/Bill/HB1663.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **990** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/12/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2020 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/4/2020 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Farmer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 577
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/19/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/849c6677-0be3-451d-a416-ec47b33a9846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).