# Tennessee SB 1815: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. Tennessee SB 1815, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1815-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1815 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: Criminal Offenses - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (259 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Felony penalties for urging imminent suicide: cost, low. Tennessee creates a Class D felony called coercive suicide. It covers intentionally advising or encouraging someone to commit or attempt suicide, with the aim of urging, persuading, or helping them do so very soon. The person giving that advice or encouragement must know the other person has commun… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democrat), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Becky D. Massey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: White ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/22/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY WILLIAMS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 93 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1098 - 2026-05-22: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-30: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-24: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1218) (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1218) (House) - 2026-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0572) (House) - 2026-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0563) (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA1218 (Substitute), 2026-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1218.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1098.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1815.pdf) - HA0572: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0572.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1815.pdf) - SA0563: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0563.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to infrastructure development distric… (signed) - SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, relative to zoning outside of municipal boundaries. 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(signed) ## Sources - [HA1218 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1218.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1098.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1815.pdf) - [HA0572 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0572.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1815.pdf) - [SA0563 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0563.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1766-2025-2026) - [SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1771-2025-2026) - [SB 1668: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1668-2025-2026) - [SB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1667-2025-2026) - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1815-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).