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type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing - As enacted, creates an enhancement factor, by which the defendant's sentence can be increased, where the defendant is convicted of committing a violent offense against a uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed member of the military or national guard and the defendant intentionally selected the victim because of the victim's status as a law enforcement officer or service member. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Sentencing - As enacted, creates an enhancement factor, by which the defendant's sentence can be increased, where the defendant is convicted of committing a violent offense against a uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed member of the military or national guard and the defendant intentionally selected the victim because of the victim's status as a law enforcement officer or service member. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 835"
citation: "Tennessee HB 835 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "DeBerry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e6591ea-d0ff-448b-874d-91c257aa78d5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0835&GA=110"
source_hash: "1403898c3c72b4b36f356f4c4c94b3d01e4db363a94a40afcdfbd22788e32f2e"
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 835 (110) — Sentencing - As enacted, creates an enhancement factor, by which the defendant's sentence can be increased, where the defendant is convicted of committing a violent offense against a uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed member of the military or national guard and the defendant intentionally selected the victim because of the victim's status as a law enforcement officer or service member. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
## 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/HB0835.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
- DeBerry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 265
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 265
- **2017-05-11** 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/4e6591ea-d0ff-448b-874d-91c257aa78d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).