republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1661.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a new offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a new offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1661"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1661 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Stevens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66ec5bf1-8f4c-4ee3-9618-9723727a0882"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1661&GA=112"
source_hash: "c5a7260eb729be81750fafbf19f2a759994a885e522b4a001ab03f2d5ec1e524"
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 1661 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a new offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0492** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0492.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1661.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 1/26/2022 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: 2/2/2022 Failed (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **84–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-12-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-12-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/26/2022
- **2022-01-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-26** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-01-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0492) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-28** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0492) `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1022
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66ec5bf1-8f4c-4ee3-9618-9723727a0882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).