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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Nicholas' Law,\" which specifies that a prior conviction for the offense of boating under the influence must be treated the same as a prior conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant for purposes of determining punishment for a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant; specifies that a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must be treated the same as a prior conviction for boating under the influence for purposes of determining punishment for boating under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 69, Chapter 9, Part 2."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Nicholas' Law,\" which specifies that a prior conviction for the offense of boating under the influence must be treated the same as a prior conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant for purposes of determining punishment for a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant; specifies that a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must be treated the same as a prior conviction for boating under the influence for purposes of determining punishment for boating under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 69, Chapter 9, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2736"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2736 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ogles", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceba5d05-71c5-4abb-8168-0b4136ca1e98"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2736&GA=112"
source_hash: "580ea8a3d48df411c74c105cf058c70c8456a1227235f196162947aeec41c225"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 2736 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Nicholas' Law," which specifies that a prior conviction for the offense of boating under the influence must be treated the same as a prior conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant for purposes of determining punishment for a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant; specifies that a violation of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must be treated the same as a prior conviction for boating under the influence for purposes of determining punishment for boating under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 69, Chapter 9, Part 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0626** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0626.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0822** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0822.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2736.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **321** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 3/29/2022 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/9/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ogles — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee -- Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0626) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0822)
- **2022-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 910
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 910
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceba5d05-71c5-4abb-8168-0b4136ca1e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).