republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-842.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against certain persons engaged in the performance of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against certain persons engaged in the performance of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 842	Tennessee SB 842 (112)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Gant Johnson	3	47	6	2021-02-04	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/57f41ab3-422d-4604-a102-0cbd36032849	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0842&GA=112	9de37599f1020279f51b1c8327ac32db1c2170d051e1c5c3829ca9721c17889e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 842 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, allows a person convicted of attempted first degree murder to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole if the offense is committed against certain persons engaged in the performance of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0015 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0363 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — 24–5 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/24/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gant — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-10 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/17/2021
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-17 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
• 2021-02-17 Meeting Canceled
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-24 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
• 2021-02-24 Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-03-25 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0015) amendment-passage
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 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
• 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2021-04-26 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
• 2021-04-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-29 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 passage
• 2021-04-29 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0363)
• 2021-04-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-05-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-05 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 394
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 394

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57f41ab3-422d-4604-a102-0cbd36032849. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).