republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1232.md

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Bill	Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113.	Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1232	Tennessee SB 1232 (112)	bill	Law Enforcement	enacted	Rose Whitson	1	42	7	2021-02-10	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6303e138-4ac7-4719-b77b-20b9e75b22b8	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1232&GA=112	4a1ab4b86e2d9af17cee8c6e09b3ee70b2799e29ab12583216548d2d8245f196	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1232 (112) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — 28–5 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/19/2021 Passed (2) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Rose — primary (person)
• Whitson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
• 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
• 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-04-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-08 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-12 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-16 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-19 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-21 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 5 passage
• 2021-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-22 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-26 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-27 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 336

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6303e138-4ac7-4719-b77b-20b9e75b22b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).