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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, states that a victim of sexual battery is incapable of consenting to sexual contact with a member of the clergy, healthcare professional, or alcohol and drug abuse counselor who was treating the victim for a mental, emotional, or physical condition if the sexual contact occurs during the course of a consultation, examination, ongoing treatment, therapy, or other provision of such professional services. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
+description: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, states that a victim of sexual battery is incapable of consenting to sexual contact with a member of the clergy, healthcare professional, or alcohol and drug abuse counselor who was treating the victim for a mental, emotional, or physical condition if the sexual contact occurs during the course of a consultation, examination, ongoing treatment, therapy, or other provision of such professional services. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 1531"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1531 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Sexual Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c03a8f-95b4-4d15-9d2c-9299d2484854"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1531&GA=112"
+source_hash: "6b34cfed928299430853d0c69b7b300b7be97f28cd724ea2e92a4fc6f48edbe0"
+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 SB 1531 (112) — Sexual Offenses - As enacted, states that a victim of sexual battery is incapable of consenting to sexual contact with a member of the clergy, healthcare professional, or alcohol and drug abuse counselor who was treating the victim for a mental, emotional, or physical condition if the sexual contact occurs during the course of a consultation, examination, ongoing treatment, therapy, or other provision of such professional services. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0350** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0350.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0176.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1531.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Littleton — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
+- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
+- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
+- **2021-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0176)
+- **2021-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2021-04-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
+- **2021-04-27** Placed behind the budget
+- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
+- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
+- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
+- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0350) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
+- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 509
+- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 509
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9c03a8f-95b4-4d15-9d2c-9299d2484854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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