Bill Commons

TN HB 473

died on adjournment

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires a person arrested for a felony offense to have a biological specimen taken by the arresting authority for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TN HB 473 pass?

No. TN HB 473 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 (2026-04-15): Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee

What is TN HB 473 about?

TN HB 473 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires a person arrested for a felony offense to have a biological specimen taken by the arresting authority for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 473?

Crawford is the primary sponsor of TN HB 473.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2026-04-15 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Crawfordprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-15

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee

  2. 2026-04-08

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to the Final Calendar No. 2

  3. 2026-04-08

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  4. 2026-04-06

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  5. 2026-04-01

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  6. 2025-04-09

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  7. 2025-03-19

    Placed behind the budget

  8. 2025-03-12

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-12

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  11. 2025-03-05

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-05

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/12/2025

  13. 2025-03-05

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  14. 2025-02-26

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  15. 2025-02-19

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  16. 2025-02-05

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-02-05

    Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-02-03

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  19. 2025-01-28

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 7-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Powell: not voting

  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/12/2025 Passed

    2025-03-12 · pass · 18-3

Related bills

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0473&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=HB 473. 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.