Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed House 3 R cosponsors

HB 0553 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1, relative to assault against certain persons.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 29, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 32% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands "law enforcement officer" to include a correctional officer employed by a county jail, the department of correction, or a private prison contractor and a probation or parole officer employed by the department of correction or a private probation provider for purposes of the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  2. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  3. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  4. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  5. Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  7. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  8. Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  10. No Action Taken

  11. Placed behind the budget

  12. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  13. Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  14. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  15. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  16. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

  17. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/5/2025

  18. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  19. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  20. Meeting Canceled

  21. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  22. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  23. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2025

  24. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  25. Filed for introduction

  26. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  27. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  28. Intro., P1C.

  29. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 0553 do?
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands "law enforcement officer" to include a correctional officer employed by a county jail, the department of correction, or a private prison contractor and a probation or parole officer employed by the department of correction or a private probation provider for purposes of the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Who sponsors HB 0553?
HB 0553 is sponsored by Capley, Kip (Republican), Doggett, Clay (Republican), and Russell, Lowell (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 0553?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced January 29, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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