# Tennessee SB 1233: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice.

Tennessee SB 1233, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1233
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (138 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Victims can file petitions before conviction: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, victims can file petitions before conviction for offenses listed in Tennessee Code §36-3-627(a)(1). The law includes the court handling the criminal trial among courts eligible to handle these petitions. That court must serve the respondent with the petition and notice of a…
- Death scenes protected; overdose aid allowed: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, people must leave specified death scenes undisturbed until law enforcement is notified and arrives. The rule covers people found dead or presumed dead from violence, drowning, suffocation, poison, hanging, drug overdose, or other means. People may not touch, disturb, move, o…
- Fentanyl penalties rise; treatment remains available: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, violations of Tennessee Code §39-17-418(a) involving any amount of the listed drugs require confinement. These drugs are fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, and any fentanyl derivative or analogue. The person must serve at least 30 days, including…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | pass | 85 | 10 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (31)

- 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 462
- 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 10, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0339) (House)
- 2025-04-22: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0338) (House)
- 2025-04-22: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0347) (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0346) (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0446) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0462.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1233.pdf)
- HA0338: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0338.pdf)
- HA0339: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0339.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1233.pdf)
- SA0346: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0346.pdf)
- SA0347: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0347.pdf)
- SA0446: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0446.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed)
- SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed)
- SB 0855: 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… (signed)
- SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed)
- SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (signed)
- SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (signed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0462.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1233.pdf)
- [HA0338 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0338.pdf)
- [HA0339 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0339.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1233.pdf)
- [SA0346 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0346.pdf)
- [SA0347 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0347.pdf)
- [SA0446 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0446.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026)
- [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026)
- [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026)
- [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026)
- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1233-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).