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Bill Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55. Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1268 Tennessee HB 1268 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1268 (114) — Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA1060 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA1239 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0931 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA0986 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment SA1067 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Amendment SA1087 (committee substitute) — source
  7. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 224 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (4) — 130 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2026 Passed (3) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 890 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (5) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY SALINAS AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Failed — 2567 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — 172 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 4/20/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Scarbrough — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-06 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2025-02-12 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
  • 2025-03-19 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 Ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
  • 2025-03-26 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
  • 2025-04-01 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026
  • 2026-04-01 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026
  • 2026-04-07 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
  • 2026-04-07 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-07 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
  • 2026-04-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-08 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
  • 2026-04-08 Placed behind the budget
  • 2026-04-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-15 Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-16 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026
  • 2026-04-20 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
  • 2026-04-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2026
  • 2026-04-20 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 4, PNV 2 passage
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0931)
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - SA1087)
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment tabled (Amendment 3 - SA1067) amendment-deferral
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0986)
  • 2026-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 4 passage
  • 2026-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1060) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
  • 2026-05-15 Pub. Ch. 937

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4b8dc58-5718-4631-b5da-7dc5e9e57e6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).