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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the sale or distribution of a substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, or any opiate with the intent and premeditation to commit murder as an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty or imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the sale or distribution of a substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, or any opiate with the intent and premeditation to commit murder as an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty or imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "HB 705"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 705 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Yager"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-02-05"
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last_action: "2019-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5086621b-4119-4193-8eda-2363ae95c8aa"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0705&GA=111"
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source_hash: "636d648fcb709cd839410cac7cc745552b5b46865ac8a335fa248c63678bed31"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 705 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the sale or distribution of a substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, or any opiate with the intent and premeditation to commit murder as an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty or imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0705.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamberth — primary (person)
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- Yager — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2019-03-04** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-04** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
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- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
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- **2019-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/20/2019
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/27/2019
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- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
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- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
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- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2019-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
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- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 231
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- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
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- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 231
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5086621b-4119-4193-8eda-2363ae95c8aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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