---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires courts to require any person who is, on or after July 1, 2017, placed on probation for an offense that would qualify the person as a child rapist or child sexual predator and who does not maintain either a primary or secondary residence, to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring and supervision program for the full extent of the person's term of probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39."
description: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires courts to require any person who is, on or after July 1, 2017, placed on probation for an offense that would qualify the person as a child rapist or child sexual predator and who does not maintain either a primary or secondary residence, to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring and supervision program for the full extent of the person's term of probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Tennessee HB 404 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Littleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5fe98a-1158-40a1-977e-b1b721a9e007"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0404&GA=110"
source_hash: "6d74502ba9771c560cbba986543fe24da09deecd62b9acfa44116f33440be41e"
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 404 (110) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires courts to require any person who is, on or after July 1, 2017, placed on probation for an offense that would qualify the person as a child rapist or child sexual predator and who does not maintain either a primary or secondary residence, to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring and supervision program for the full extent of the person's term of probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0404.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/26/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017 4/6/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/21/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0237) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0424)
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0404
- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 311
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 311

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5fe98a-1158-40a1-977e-b1b721a9e007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).