republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-120.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 120	Tennessee HB 120 (114)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Lamberth	1	30	7	2025-01-13	2025-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0120&ga=114	d1975365692e54cfe6f72b4d7d002bfaeed943f4b225853ad785f2381d84ee79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 120 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — 25–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — 73–20 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed — 24–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (3) — 16–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-01-14 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-01-15 P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
• 2025-01-16 Ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-02-05 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
• 2025-02-12 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/19/2025
• 2025-02-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
• 2025-02-19 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/4/2025
• 2025-02-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-05 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
• 2025-03-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
• 2025-03-10 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-03-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 passage
• 2025-03-13 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-03-13 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-03-14 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-03-19 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-03-19 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-03-20 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-03-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-04-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
• 2025-04-04 Pub. Ch. 84

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/760e630f-eaf5-4a0e-9009-422775e47ff2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).