republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-265.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class D felony offense for entity or person who knowingly uses a communication or electronic device to obtain information concerning an elderly adult's medical condition or health, sends unsolicited or specifically refused medical supplies to the elderly adult, and files a claim or submits a bill with the state Medicare plan for reimbursement. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class D felony offense for entity or person who knowingly uses a communication or electronic device to obtain information concerning an elderly adult's medical condition or health, sends unsolicited or specifically refused medical supplies to the elderly adult, and files a claim or submits a bill with the state Medicare plan for reimbursement. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 265	Tennessee SB 265 (111)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Littleton Roberts	2	33	7	2019-01-29	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b36dec2c-3e9d-4f92-b572-8c919392945d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0265&GA=111	a009c58cd6d7c98202b014d4303783941bf23b725950b715ead43a076aa21dc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 265 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class D felony offense for entity or person who knowingly uses a communication or electronic device to obtain information concerning an elderly adult's medical condition or health, sends unsolicited or specifically refused medical supplies to the elderly adult, and files a claim or submits a bill with the state Medicare plan for reimbursement. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment SA0400 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/30/2019 Passed — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/3/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Littleton — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-22 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-24 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-30 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-30 H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/30/19
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0400)
• 2019-04-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-05-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 417
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 417
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b36dec2c-3e9d-4f92-b572-8c919392945d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).