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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1643"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1643 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750f5085-9e90-4e48-83db-83d8a681d505"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1643&GA=113"
source_hash: "e14b8fa786289ba52630eefe92c1587150933edba7671b921e95035c5af8ac6e"
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 HB 1643 (113) — Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1643.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2024 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 1/30/2024 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/8/2024 4/4/2024 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 1/30/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2024 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2024 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 1/30/2024 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/23/2024 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
- **2024-01-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Placed behind the budget
- **2024-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2024
- **2024-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 905
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750f5085-9e90-4e48-83db-83d8a681d505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).