republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-448.md

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Bill	Evidence - As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency that discovers potentially exculpatory evidence to report that evidence; enacts the "Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 30.	Evidence - As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency that discovers potentially exculpatory evidence to report that evidence; enacts the "Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 30.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 448	Tennessee SB 448 (112)	bill	Evidence	enacted	Bell Curcio	3	40	6	2021-02-08	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8980e77b-23a0-4562-b60a-62681964b78f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0448&GA=112	176184ce49a7119d23bdc74c44535eee607158bec0627fc6b3ede4b62d4e30d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 448 (112) — Evidence - As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency that discovers potentially exculpatory evidence to report that evidence; enacts the "Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 30.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0343 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0388 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Curcio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-07 Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
• 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-27 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-27 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0388)
• 2021-04-28 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-28 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0343) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-28 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-28 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-30 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-04 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 355
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 355

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8980e77b-23a0-4562-b60a-62681964b78f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).