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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.
- Amendment HA1060 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment HA1239 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0931 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0986 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA1067 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA1087 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 22–4 (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) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2026 Passed (3) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (5) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY SALINAS AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Failed — 25–67 (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — 17–2 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 4/20/2026 (2) — 0–0 (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).