---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting suspected child sexual abuse when certain minors present for an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2."
description: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting suspected child sexual abuse when certain minors present for an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 487"
citation: "Tennessee SB 487 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Faison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a418fa59-aa72-4cc9-a75f-2779d021530f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0487&GA=111"
source_hash: "5488915355609bc7d5b2add8023be570ff2c1e7350579c58a1573d473dd68704"
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 487 (111) — Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting suspected child sexual abuse when certain minors present for an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0262.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0332.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0487.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/11/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action def. in Judiciary to 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0262) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0332)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 424
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 424
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a418fa59-aa72-4cc9-a75f-2779d021530f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).