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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: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
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description: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
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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: "SB 611"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 611 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Domestic Violence"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Massey"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-05"
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last_action: "2019-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd395e18-289b-482e-894b-7d7794132282"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0611&GA=111"
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source_hash: "b10675cf7a1e007093e705e60646a9908108f8b582f75d3ed69890f148029c90"
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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 SB 611 (111) — Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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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. **Amendment HA0131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0131.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0042.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0067.pdf)
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4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0611.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **75–7** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Littleton — primary (person)
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- Massey — 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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- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
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- **2019-02-26** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/5/2019
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- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
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- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
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- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
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- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0067)
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- **2019-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0042)
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- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
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- **2019-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
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- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
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- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 7, PNV 9 `passage`
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- **2019-04-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0131) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 104
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- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
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- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 104
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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/fd395e18-289b-482e-894b-7d7794132282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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