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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act,\" which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act,\" which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "SB 1709"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1709 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf81ccad-1e16-4c17-897d-ee6cfad4714e"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1709&GA=113"
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source_hash: "493e600a845a031a783f2a8f47b9cc88445cb7f6d12672aab394bcc5e999f724"
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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 1709 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act," which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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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 HA0510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0510.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0593** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0593.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1709.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed — **72–20** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 2/27/2024 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2024 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **24–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hensley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Judiciary Committee 2/27/2024
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- **2024-02-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
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- **2024-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1
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- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
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- **2024-04-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
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- **2024-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2024-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2024
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- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2024-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0593)
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- **2024-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2024-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2024-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0510) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2024-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
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- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 928
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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/bf81ccad-1e16-4c17-897d-ee6cfad4714e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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