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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts - As enacted, enacts the \"Violent Criminal Court Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55."
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description: "Courts - As enacted, enacts the \"Violent Criminal Court Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 1268"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1268 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scarbrough"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2026-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b8dc58-5718-4631-b5da-7dc5e9e57e6e"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1268&ga=114"
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source_hash: "0a492a720bb61404204398d78659a80bf3766b7b58010485508ed90f4851070a"
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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 1268 (114) — Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.
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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 HA1060** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1060.pdf)
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2. **Amendment HA1239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1239.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0931.pdf)
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4. **Amendment SA0986** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0986.pdf)
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5. **Amendment SA1067** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1067.pdf)
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6. **Amendment SA1087** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1087.pdf)
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7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1268.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **22–4** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (4) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2026 Passed (3) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (5) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY SALINAS AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Failed — **25–67** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2026 Passed — **17–2** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 4/20/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scarbrough — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
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- **2025-03-19** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
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- **2025-03-26** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-04** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026
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- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026
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- **2026-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
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- **2026-04-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
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- **2026-04-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
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- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
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- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
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- **2026-04-16** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026
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- **2026-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
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- **2026-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2026
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- **2026-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0931)
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - SA1087)
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment tabled (Amendment 3 - SA1067) `amendment-deferral`
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0986)
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- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 4 `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1060) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
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- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 937
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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/c4b8dc58-5718-4631-b5da-7dc5e9e57e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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