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| Bill | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, replaces the required element for self-defense that the person "not be engaged in unlawful activity" with the required element that the person "not be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor"; declares, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, that a person is not considered to be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6. | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, replaces the required element for self-defense that the person "not be engaged in unlawful activity" with the required element that the person "not be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor"; declares, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, that a person is not considered to be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 112 | HB 17 | Tennessee HB 17 (112) |
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Tennessee HB 17 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, replaces the required element for self-defense that the person "not be engaged in unlawful activity" with the required element that the person "not be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor"; declares, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, that a person is not considered to be engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor or in a place where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in the activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/3/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (2) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Lamar — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-12-02 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-01-12 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2021-01-13 Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 P2C held on desk.
- 2021-01-15 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-01-27 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2021-02-10 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/17/2021
- 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- 2021-02-17 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
- 2021-02-17 Meeting Canceled
- 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- 2021-02-24 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/3/2021
- 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/10/2021
- 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-09 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-11 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- 2021-03-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- 2021-03-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 2
passage - 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- 2021-03-18 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2021-03-22 Comp. SB subst.
- 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2021-03-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0040)
amendment-passage - 2021-03-22 Subst. for comp. HB.
- 2021-03-25 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/29/2021
- 2021-03-29 Senate concurred in House amendment
- 2021-03-31 Enrolled and ready for signatures
- 2021-04-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
- 2021-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
- 2021-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
- 2021-04-13 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2021-04-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 115
- 2021-04-21 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- 2021-04-21 Pub. Ch. 115
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34d2a7cd-7e95-4e15-85bd-382662b20eb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).