---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, defines \"playground\" for purposes of sexual offender restrictions as any indoor or outdoor facility that is intended for recreation of children and owned by the state, a local government, or a not-for-profit organization. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, defines \"playground\" for purposes of sexual offender restrictions as any indoor or outdoor facility that is intended for recreation of children and owned by the state, a local government, or a not-for-profit organization. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1920"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1920 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72599791-e711-4ea0-b8a7-a6d1ab8aefff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1920&GA=110"
source_hash: "c2837c0ea3aef906d875045b53c1a7c2b21fa19bfd5b7936f2c3183f88f821ed"
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 1920 (110) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, defines "playground" for purposes of sexual offender restrictions as any indoor or outdoor facility that is intended for recreation of children and owned by the state, a local government, or a not-for-profit organization. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## 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/SB1920.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Casada — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0711) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18
- **2018-03-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0697)
- **2018-03-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 643
- **2018-04-09** Pub. Ch. 643
- **2018-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72599791-e711-4ea0-b8a7-a6d1ab8aefff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).