republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-722.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the classification for voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the classification for voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 722	Tennessee HB 722 (113)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Hulsey	3	33	13	2023-01-27	2023-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/5bece5c8-20a5-4a42-8c64-7f570d319c11	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0722&GA=113	1a7a853259265b9f32cde4b91c04e03d6c1d9d0f1f89a1595508106b024a10a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 722 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the classification for voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - 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 HA0101 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0440 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — 26–3 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/7/2023 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (2) — 68–20 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/28/2023 (6) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — 72–18 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed — 68–20 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023 3/23/2023 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/28/2023 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hulsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-27 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2023-02-01 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2023-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
• 2023-02-22 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-02-28 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2023
• 2023-03-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023
• 2023-03-08 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/21/2023
• 2023-03-15 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-22 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
• 2023-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-03-23 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
• 2023-03-30 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2023-03-30 Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 18, PNV 0 passage
• 2023-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-03-30 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0101) amendment-passage
• 2023-04-03 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2023-04-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 2 passage
• 2023-04-13 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0440)
• 2023-04-13 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2023-04-14 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2023-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2023-04-19 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2023-04-20 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
• 2023-05-03 Pub. Ch. 308

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bece5c8-20a5-4a42-8c64-7f570d319c11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).