---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes what constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy for purposes of the offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes what constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy for purposes of the offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "Tennessee SB 488 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks K", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716ed086-8e79-4287-9e6e-8758ad77bad7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0488&GA=110"
source_hash: "3158b97a875c0594a95b0f02e26dec795e6bd9d6859b864c36626bb68a8f13e0"
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 488 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes what constitutes a reasonable expectation of privacy for purposes of the offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

## 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/SB0488.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks K — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0891) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1064)
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 866
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 866
- **2018-05-08** 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/716ed086-8e79-4287-9e6e-8758ad77bad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).