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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, raises the age of a victim whose testimony the court may allow to be taken outside the courtroom by means of two-way closed circuit television from \"13 or younger\" to \"under 18 years of age\"; adds human trafficking offenses to those for which a court must extend an order of protection for a definite period of time if the allegation is proved by a preponderance of the evidence; makes various other changes relative to human trafficking; revises the penalties for involuntary servitude, promoting prostitution, and patronizing prostitution; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, raises the age of a victim whose testimony the court may allow to be taken outside the courtroom by means of two-way closed circuit television from \"13 or younger\" to \"under 18 years of age\"; adds human trafficking offenses to those for which a court must extend an order of protection for a definite period of time if the allegation is proved by a preponderance of the evidence; makes various other changes relative to human trafficking; revises the penalties for involuntary servitude, promoting prostitution, and patronizing prostitution; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2147"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2147 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f451cf3-3307-407b-a13f-290455f4a46b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2147&GA=112"
source_hash: "bdf1730075277cd9b438adb798db1512fa40bdd1d8ded60aefe1cff088900d7f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 2147 (112) — Sexual Offenses - As enacted, raises the age of a victim whose testimony the court may allow to be taken outside the courtroom by means of two-way closed circuit television from "13 or younger" to "under 18 years of age"; adds human trafficking offenses to those for which a court must extend an order of protection for a definite period of time if the allegation is proved by a preponderance of the evidence; makes various other changes relative to human trafficking; revises the penalties for involuntary servitude, promoting prostitution, and patronizing prostitution; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0866** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0866.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0641** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0641.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2147.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/16/2022 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0641)
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-06** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0866) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0866) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1115
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1115
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f451cf3-3307-407b-a13f-290455f4a46b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).