Tennessee House Bill 144

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on April 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, changes from 25 to 17 the number of days of incarceration a person convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must serve before the person can participate in a substance abuse treatment program; requires a person charged with or convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving the use of alcohol to wear a transdermal alcohol monitoring device for a 90-day period of continuous sobriety. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal offenses.

Rep. William Lamberth [R]	Rep. Paul Sherrell [R]	Rep. G.A. Hardaway [D]	Rep. Sam Whitson [R]
Rep. Ron Gant [R]	Rep. Dave Wright [R]	Rep. John Ragan [R]	Rep. Rick Eldridge [R]
Rep. Chris Todd [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
2023-03-16	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-16	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-03-09	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-09	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
2023-03-08	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
2023-03-07	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-01	House	Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/7/2023
2023-03-01	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-02-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2023
2023-02-15	House	Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/1/2023
2023-02-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
2023-02-08	House	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2023-02-07	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-02-01	House	Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/7/2023
2023-01-31	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-30	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-01-25	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 1/31/2023
2023-01-24	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-01-20	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-12	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-11	House	Filed for introduction

SB0328 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 07/01/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0144&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0144.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0116.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0001.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0089.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0144.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0011.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0212.pdf