republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2590.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2590	Tennessee HB 2590 (113)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Russell	3	33	5	2024-01-30	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/701e7dba-4225-40b6-b9bc-3e3d11a8eb45	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2590&GA=113	85512244b938bfac3d5ef67a3dd944b93ef4e0b2cea99e67cc9575d34904d318	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2590 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0681 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0849 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/5/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024 3/14/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — 27–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-05 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
• 2024-02-07 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-14 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/5/2024
• 2024-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
• 2024-03-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2024
• 2024-03-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
• 2024-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
• 2024-03-18 Reset on next avail. cal.
• 2024-03-25 Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-03-25 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0681) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-28 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 4 passage
• 2024-04-08 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0849)
• 2024-04-08 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 797

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/701e7dba-4225-40b6-b9bc-3e3d11a8eb45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).