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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines \"seriously bodily injury\" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines \"seriously bodily injury\" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Tennessee HB 359 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43904622-969a-4b67-9f20-0bbba75a833d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0359&ga=114"
source_hash: "9102d291f9a7c7321b339214dcbabff274b8dadea0a834a096e384948a9651d3"
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 359 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines "seriously bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0558** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0558.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0835** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0835.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0359.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 2/19/2026 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **230** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/11/2026 Passed — **80** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **275** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **62** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/25/2025 Passed — **142** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed — **855** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0558) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0835)
- **2026-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 875
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43904622-969a-4b67-9f20-0bbba75a833d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).