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type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing - As enacted, enacts the \"JaJuan Latham Act,\" which increases the penalty for an aggravated assault or homicide that occurs by a person discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the victim is a minor at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2."
description: "Sentencing - As enacted, enacts the \"JaJuan Latham Act,\" which increases the penalty for an aggravated assault or homicide that occurs by a person discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the victim is a minor at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-07"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb14d66-54ee-49fa-90c3-a606d93a0b39"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0002&GA=111"
source_hash: "1b451c0921023e26d30819a5079e61550cc46de12ded15e1b266be6bedb068a3"
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 2 (111) — Sentencing - As enacted, enacts the "JaJuan Latham Act," which increases the penalty for an aggravated assault or homicide that occurs by a person discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the victim is a minor at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2.
## 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/HB0002.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (3) — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/13/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **100** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/6/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** P2C held on desk.
- **2019-01-09** Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2019-01-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-19** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-01-30** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/6/2019
- **2019-01-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/5/2019
- **2019-02-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-06** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 485
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 485
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bb14d66-54ee-49fa-90c3-a606d93a0b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).