republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-611.md

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Bill	Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.	Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 611	Tennessee SB 611 (111)	bill	Domestic Violence	enacted	Littleton Massey	4	35	6	2019-02-05	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/fd395e18-289b-482e-894b-7d7794132282	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0611&GA=111	b10675cf7a1e007093e705e60646a9908108f8b582f75d3ed69890f148029c90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 611 (111) — Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0131 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0042 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0067 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2019 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 75–7 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Littleton — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 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
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-26 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/5/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
• 2019-03-05 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-08 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
• 2019-03-11 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-11 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0067)
• 2019-03-11 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0042)
• 2019-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-13 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., 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 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 7, PNV 9 passage
• 2019-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0131) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 104
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 104

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd395e18-289b-482e-894b-7d7794132282. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).