TN SB 371
enactedDNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, requires collection of a biological specimen from certain convicted offenders to be collected within 30 days of sentencing to be used for DNA analysis; requires a law enforcement agency to submit a biological specimen from an offender who dies while incarcerated and was previously convicted of a qualifying offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
Tennessee · 114S1 · upper
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 SB 371 pass?
Yes. TN SB 371 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-08): Pub. Ch. 63
What is TN SB 371 about?
TN SB 371 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, requires collection of a biological specimen from certain convicted offenders to be collected within 30 days of sentencing to be used for DNA analysis; requires a law enforcement agency to submit a biological specimen from an offender who dies while incarcerated and was previously convicted of a qualifying offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.”.
Who sponsors TN SB 371?
Rose is the primary sponsor of TN SB 371.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-10
- Latest action
- 2025-04-08 — Pub. Ch. 63
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Roseprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-08
Pub. Ch. 63
2025-04-08
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
2025-03-25
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-03-18
Transmitted to Governor for action.
executive-receipt
2025-03-17
Signed by Senate Speaker
passage
2025-03-17
Signed by H. Speaker
passage
2025-03-13
Subst. for comp. HB.
substitution
2025-03-13
Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 3
passage
2025-03-13
Enrolled and ready for signatures
enrolled
2025-02-27
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2025-02-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
passage
2025-02-24
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
receipt
2025-02-20
Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
2025-02-18
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2025-02-12
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
2025-02-10
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction
2025-01-28
Filed for introduction
filing
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
Votes
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (2)
2025-02-18 · pass · 9-0
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed (1)
2025-02-24 · pass · 33-0
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2025 Passed (1)
2025-03-13 · pass · 86-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Behn: not voting
- Freeman: not voting
- Jones J: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 341
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
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 371. 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.