# Tennessee HB 1314: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses.

Tennessee HB 1314, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1314
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 12
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (171 yes, 16 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New felony penalties for mass-violence threats: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee adds criminal protections against threats of mass violence. Knowingly making such a threat is a Class E felony when someone reasonably expects the threatened act to happen. Mass violence means an act that could imminently seriously injure or kill four or more peopl…
- New penalties for harmful personal-information posts: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee adds criminal protections against harmful posts of personal information. Posting someone's phone number or home address on a publicly accessible website is a Class B misdemeanor when done with intent to cause harm or threaten harm. This covers harm aimed at that pe…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Burkhart
- Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 | pass | 29 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 | pass | 83 | 11 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 28 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0192 (Substitute), 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0192.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0522.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1296.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1314.pdf)
- SA0351: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0351.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (failed)
- HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed)
- HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed)
- HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed)
- SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed)
- SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1988; Chapter 204 of the Private Acts of 1990; and an… (failed)

## Sources
- [HA0192 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0192.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0522.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1296.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1314.pdf)
- [SA0351 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0351.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026)
- [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026)
- [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026)
- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1314-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).