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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113."
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description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "HB 961"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 961 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Whitson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2021-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06dee481-85b8-4711-9817-1a5330942c34"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0961&GA=112"
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source_hash: "1efba62ddfbe40e7d5b8358e2f3f5e14fbbb9bb3798a7185a1e437c18650b09b"
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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 961 (112) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, states that a law enforcement officer meeting certain qualifications who makes an arrest outside of the law enforcement officer's jurisdiction has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer making an arrest within the state or local law enforcement officer's jurisdiction if certain circumstances are met. - Amends TCA Section 38-3-113.
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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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0961.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/19/2021 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **28–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Whitson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
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- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
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- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
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- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
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- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
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- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2021-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
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- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
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- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
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- **2021-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2021
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- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 5 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2021-04-21** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2021-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
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- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 336
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- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336
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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/06dee481-85b8-4711-9817-1a5330942c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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