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type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing - As enacted, adds public employees to the list of those ineligible for suspended prosecution and pretrial diversion for a misdemeanor offense committed in the course of the person's employment, under the same provisions currently applicable to elected and appointed state and local officials so charged. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 15."
description: "Sentencing - As enacted, adds public employees to the list of those ineligible for suspended prosecution and pretrial diversion for a misdemeanor offense committed in the course of the person's employment, under the same provisions currently applicable to elected and appointed state and local officials so charged. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Tennessee HB 8 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eca1c8b6-ae35-4d81-b881-590650c7f164"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0008&GA=110"
source_hash: "20916279b9ad89040850d5984fd409fe61c6b093cddac55081d46232623fe631"
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 8 (110) — Sentencing - As enacted, adds public employees to the list of those ineligible for suspended prosecution and pretrial diversion for a misdemeanor offense committed in the course of the person's employment, under the same provisions currently applicable to elected and appointed state and local officials so charged. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 15.
## 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/HB0008.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017 3/16/2017 — **00** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/28/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-05** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2017-01-12** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 93
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 93
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eca1c8b6-ae35-4d81-b881-590650c7f164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).