---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, punishes the offense of promotion of prostitution as a Class D felony instead of Class E felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, punishes the offense of promotion of prostitution as a Class D felony instead of Class E felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1930"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1930 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coley", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f00be81-844a-495a-9697-da8c0dfbf3e9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1930&GA=110"
source_hash: "292f738c26e860d74ee01c70701decfe737410a827ffec65b90b6051537cca8f"
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 1930 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, punishes the offense of promotion of prostitution as a Class D felony instead of Class E felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

## 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/HB1930.pdf)

## Votes

- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/27/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2018 4/23/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/7/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coley — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `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** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0664)
- **2018-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0811) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1019
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1019
- **2018-05-23** 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/4f00be81-844a-495a-9697-da8c0dfbf3e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).