---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, classifies the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child as a violent sexual offense for purposes of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004; revises the sentencing requirement for a person convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-518 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
description: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, classifies the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child as a violent sexual offense for purposes of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004; revises the sentencing requirement for a person convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-518 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2092"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2092 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Curcio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/386d6cfc-e73e-471d-b354-5d1658f4f484"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2092&GA=110"
source_hash: "0c2d7e1457bc7f503440fc8225c2625cc10d9ef1f68b39c3febfb903c5398db0"
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 2092 (110) — Sexual Offenses - As enacted, classifies the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child as a violent sexual offense for purposes of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004; revises the sentencing requirement for a person convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-518 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

## 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/HB2092.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018 3/22/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/6/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Curcio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0887) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0887) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 719
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 719
- **2018-04-23** 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/386d6cfc-e73e-471d-b354-5d1658f4f484`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).