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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while students or other children are present; makes revisions to law relative to bail. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while students or other children are present; makes revisions to law relative to bail. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2770"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2770 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd436ac6-fe41-44c8-a1b5-4cf8ddfb6837"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2770&GA=113"
source_hash: "7bea721684a25b49ecd9e80eebca2fc65caff8cf3ac154250e70b8e2e4896eb2"
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 SB 2770 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while students or other children are present; makes revisions to law relative to bail. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1134.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0852** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0852.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2770.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Failed — **2273** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed — **7319** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **274** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (2) — **7319** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **7022** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/16/2024 Passed (2) — **92** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/26/2024 Passed (3) — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to next calendar
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-11** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0852)
- **2024-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0758) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1063
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd436ac6-fe41-44c8-a1b5-4cf8ddfb6837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).