---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the \"Protect Tennessee Minors Act\"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the \"Protect Tennessee Minors Act\"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1792"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1792 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4e1e43-15a8-4646-837e-4189de27da2a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113"
source_hash: "e73dea0e411cb5eb83a16b5e6bf724c1156bc178386ea5f1f55835ef70dbd1c4"
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 1792 (113) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0762.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0729.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0935** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0935.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1792.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2024 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/2/2024 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-19** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-03-19** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2024-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0729)
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0935)
- **2024-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0762) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Effective date(s) 01/01/2025
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4e1e43-15a8-4646-837e-4189de27da2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).