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type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires that the TBIs completed investigative report be disclosed to the public after the district attorney general has completed its prosecutorial function; authorizes the district attorney to disclose all or part of the report prior to the record becoming a public record. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38."
description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires that the TBIs completed investigative report be disclosed to the public after the district attorney general has completed its prosecutorial function; authorizes the district attorney to disclose all or part of the report prior to the record becoming a public record. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Tennessee HB 277 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardaway", "Harris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ae1077-33da-45e4-a317-6f5f90227c51"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0277&GA=110"
source_hash: "be262069a6b0925461bdcffbfc204721c555d17e392f2752c4eaf5faaabe5955"
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 HB 277 (110) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires that the TBIs completed investigative report be disclosed to the public after the district attorney general has completed its prosecutorial function; authorizes the district attorney to disclose all or part of the report prior to the record becoming a public record. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0277.pdf)
## Votes
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/21/2017 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hardaway — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0420)
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0231) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 277
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ae1077-33da-45e4-a317-6f5f90227c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).