Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class E felony of injuring someone or damaging their propert...
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HB 59 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class E felony of injuring someone or damaging their property with the intent to intimidate the person from the free exercise of political beliefs, political party affiliation, or choice of candidate for public office. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.
Last action — Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 110th Regular Session (2017-2018). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
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Read HB 59 on the official Tennessee source →Action History
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Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
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Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
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Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
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Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
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Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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Sponsor(s) Added.
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H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0113)
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Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
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H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017
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Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
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Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
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Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/15/2017
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Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
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Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
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Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
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Filed for introduction
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P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
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Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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Intro., P1C.
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Filed for intro.
Sponsors
- Niceley · Primary
- Rogers · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on
Sponsors (2)
- Niceley
- Rogers
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (131)
131 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 131 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (93)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Calfee | — | Yea |
| Casada | — | Yea |
| Coley | — | Yea |
| Daniel | — | Yea |
| Doss | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Forgety | — | Yea |
| Holt | — | Yea |
| Jernigan | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| McCormick | — | Yea |
| Matlock | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Sanderson | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Tillis | — | Yea |
| Weaver | — | Yea |
| Brooks H. | — | Yea |
| Brooks K. | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| DeBerry | — | Yea |
| Hill M. | — | Yea |
| Hill T. | — | Yea |
| Butt | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Curcio | — | Yea |
| Favors | — | Yea |
| Fitzhugh | — | Yea |
| Goins | — | Yea |
| Gravitt | — | Yea |
| Halford | — | Yea |
| Hazlewood | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Powers | — | Yea |
| Ramsey | — | Yea |
| Sargent | — | Yea |
| Sexton C. | — | Yea |
| Sexton J. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Stewart | — | Yea |
| White D. | — | Yea |
| White M. | — | Yea |
| Madam Speaker Harwell | — | Yea |
| Holsclaw | — | Yea |
| Kane | — | Yea |
| Lollar | — | Yea |
| Matheny | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Rogers | — | Yea |
| Swann | — | Yea |
| Whitson | — | Yea |
| Windle | — | Yea |
| Wirgau | — | Yea |
| Van Huss | — | Yea |
| Akbari, Raumesh | Democrat | Yea |
| Camper, Karen D. | Democrat | Yea |
| Clemmons, John Ray | Democrat | Yea |
| Hardaway, T.J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Love, Jr., Harold | Democrat | Yea |
| Miller, Larry J. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bo | Democrat | Yea |
| Parkinson, Antonio | Democrat | Yea |
| Powell, Jason | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaw, Johnny | Democrat | Yea |
| Towns, Jr., Joe | Democrat | Yea |
| Alexander, Rebecca K. | Republican | Yea |
| Crawford, John | Republican | Yea |
| Eldridge, Rick | Republican | Yea |
| Faison, Jeremy | Republican | Yea |
| Gant, Ron M. | Republican | Yea |
| Hawk, David B. | Republican | Yea |
| Hicks, Gary | Republican | Yea |
| Howell, Dan | Republican | Yea |
| Hulsey, Bud | Republican | Yea |
| Keisling, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Kumar, Sabi 'Doc' | Republican | Yea |
| Lamberth, William | Republican | Yea |
| Littleton, Mary | Republican | Yea |
| Lynn, Susan M. | Republican | Yea |
| Marsh, Pat | Republican | Yea |
| Moody, Debra | Republican | Yea |
| Pody, Mark | Republican | Yea |
| Reedy, Jay D. | Republican | Yea |
| Rudd, Tim | Republican | Yea |
| Sherrell, Paul | Republican | Yea |
| Sparks, Mike | Republican | Yea |
| Terry, Bryan | Republican | Yea |
| Travis, Ron | Republican | Yea |
| Williams, Ryan | Republican | Yea |
| Zachary, Jason | Republican | Yea |
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/7/2017
Roll call published as PDF — view source.
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- HB 59 is sponsored by Niceley and Rogers.
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