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Bill Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 1881 Tennessee HB 1881 (113)
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Tennessee HB 1881 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA1101 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA1041 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2024 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/3/2024 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY CAPLEY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed — 7816 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 265 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — 8613 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (2) — 7521 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY CAPLEY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed — 7719 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Capley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2024-01-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2024-01-25 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-01-25 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-05 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
  • 2024-03-12 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
  • 2024-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
  • 2024-03-19 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2024
  • 2024-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2024
  • 2024-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024
  • 2024-03-27 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2024
  • 2024-04-03 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/9/2024
  • 2024-04-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-10 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
  • 2024-04-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-04-10 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-04-10 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
  • 2024-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
  • 2024-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-17 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
  • 2024-04-17 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2024-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 13, PNV 0 passage
  • 2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1101) amendment-passage
  • 2024-04-23 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
  • 2024-04-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1041)
  • 2024-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2024-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2024-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2024-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2024-05-28 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
  • 2024-05-28 Pub. Ch. 976

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b9c4da2-9106-411e-889e-a860565cbe02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).