Bill Commons

TN SB 944

died on adjournment

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

Quick answers

Did TN SB 944 pass?

No. TN SB 944 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511

What is TN SB 944 about?

TN SB 944 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to establish a mental health evaluation process for a community mental health center or qualified mental health professional to evaluate a defendant convicted of domestic assault, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, cruelty to animals, aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a court in which a person is convicted of any such offense to order the offender to undergo a mental health evaluation prior to the sentencing hearing. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 944?

Massey is the primary sponsor of TN SB 944.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Masseyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-10

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-12

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-19

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025

  5. 2025-03-24

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  6. 2025-03-25

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  7. 2025-04-14

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

  8. 2025-04-14

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

  9. 2025-04-17

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

  10. 2025-04-21

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025

  11. 2025-04-21

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  12. 2025-04-22

    Companion House Bill substituted

    substitution

  13. 2025-04-23

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  14. 2025-05-27

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-03-25 · pass · 9-0

  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/21/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-21 · pass · 10-1

Related bills

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0944&ga=114

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=SB 944. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.