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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies it is not a defense to certain offenses that the solicitation was unsuccessful, that the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or that the law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies it is not a defense to certain offenses that the solicitation was unsuccessful, that the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or that the law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Tennessee HB 723 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coley", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ae17bb-b1d7-4b7e-b758-0992ee08c592"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0723&GA=111"
source_hash: "a9a84a9ccbb60193cb9ee00389b493be87279bdf223e999daefaf60038d8a5e0"
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 723 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies it is not a defense to certain offenses that the solicitation was unsuccessful, that the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or that the law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
## 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/111/Bill/HB0723.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **980** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Coley — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 123
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 123
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ae17bb-b1d7-4b7e-b758-0992ee08c592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).