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type: "Bill"
title: "Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires an employee of the department of correction to meet with an incarcerated individual within one year of the individual's release eligibility date to create a release plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5."
description: "Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires an employee of the department of correction to meet with an incarcerated individual within one year of the individual's release eligibility date to create a release plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Tennessee HB 545 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Dixie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5146042b-5de9-4f91-a88d-dc614447b4ab"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0545&GA=112"
source_hash: "4067792045cffefb0d00b706ac9734a8768e572a77fa7d165248376400b3bcc1"
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 545 (112) — Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires an employee of the department of correction to meet with an incarcerated individual within one year of the individual's release eligibility date to create a release plan. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0344.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0323** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0323.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0545.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/24/2021 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/7/2021 3/31/2021 Failed (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Akbari — primary (person)
- Dixie — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0323)
- **2021-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0344) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 381
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 381
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5146042b-5de9-4f91-a88d-dc614447b4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).