republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1056.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1056	Tennessee SB 1056 (113)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Jackson	3	23	4	2023-01-31	2023-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/91a72f19-e0c2-49d2-a1c5-61106d82aac3	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1056&GA=113	df7135fb64390fd1ab821172c95e22267282c650356de972126f0ebb37343729	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1056 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - 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 HA0416 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0268 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/22/2023 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — 27–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — 74–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed — 72–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2023-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
• 2023-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
• 2023-03-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
• 2023-04-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
• 2023-04-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-04-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2023-04-10 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 2 passage
• 2023-04-10 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0268)
• 2023-04-13 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2023-04-19 Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2023-04-19 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0416) amendment-withdrawal
• 2023-04-19 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2023-04-20 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2023-04-21 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2023-04-25 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2023-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-05-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
• 2023-05-24 Pub. Ch. 347

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91a72f19-e0c2-49d2-a1c5-61106d82aac3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).