republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-452.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, to use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail; requires the employer or person utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41."
description: "Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, to use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail; requires the employer or person utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "Tennessee HB 452 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jails", "Local Loc"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e925a10f-7814-484c-889e-ad5415360f86"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0452&GA=113"
source_hash: "9d52152b1c3751dc480bb73ee85cc8093f03cba439c1b37d8a2e3b465f3d4e95"
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 452 (113) — Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or unpaid, to use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail; requires the employer or person utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0031.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0397.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0452.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed — **70–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/22/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CORRECTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/14/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Corrections Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2023
- **2023-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 15, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0031) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0397)
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 301

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e925a10f-7814-484c-889e-ad5415360f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).