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type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Tennessee SB 14 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-14"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc49853-5965-4428-a4b1-3c958402b9ea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0014&GA=113"
source_hash: "72bec68b95a06c1a0545389e6e60f023a5847591263a23d4a462107cacd88b80"
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 SB 14 (113) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0332** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0332.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0075.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0155.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0014.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2023 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2023 Passed — **950** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/20/2023 Passed — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lamar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments `passage`
- **2023-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-20** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0075)
- **2023-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0155)
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0332) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for 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. 249
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bc49853-5965-4428-a4b1-3c958402b9ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).