republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-481.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes the enhanced maximum fine of up to $15,000 applicable to aggravated assault when committed against an identifiable employee or contractor of a utility who is discharging or attempting to discharge such person's official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes the enhanced maximum fine of up to $15,000 applicable to aggravated assault when committed against an identifiable employee or contractor of a utility who is discharging or attempting to discharge such person's official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 481	Tennessee SB 481 (111)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Gardenhire Jernigan	2	33	6	2019-02-04	2019-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/8295b49b-fd49-49ab-93d1-f9d4bde1ceea	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0481&GA=111	2c1abc50f42ced982c51d1059ece5d69f00fb178d1e360bdc069f7235f95b5fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 481 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes the enhanced maximum fine of up to $15,000 applicable to aggravated assault when committed against an identifiable employee or contractor of a utility who is discharging or attempting to discharge such person's official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0100 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/12/2019 Passed — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 Passed — 15–9 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 27–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)
• Jernigan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
• 2019-03-05 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
• 2019-03-18 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 passage
• 2019-03-18 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0100)
• 2019-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-04 Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-04 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-09 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-24 Pub. Ch. 149
• 2019-04-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-04-24 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 149

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8295b49b-fd49-49ab-93d1-f9d4bde1ceea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).