---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study the effectiveness of statutes of limitation on prosecution for criminal offenses; requires the study to include information on sexual offense statutes of limitation and allows the study to include comparisons of Tennessee limitations to neighboring states; requires TACIR to report findings to the general assembly by January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study the effectiveness of statutes of limitation on prosecution for criminal offenses; requires the study to include information on sexual offense statutes of limitation and allows the study to include comparisons of Tennessee limitations to neighboring states; requires TACIR to report findings to the general assembly by January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2536 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Sparks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6aa28b5-ba53-4cff-93d7-6bdb5aa77c44"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2536&GA=110"
source_hash: "93e0cfa98a9dacfe9a1a78295063a3365d775bb98ca864a87e5e158076344a8b"
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 2536 (110) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study the effectiveness of statutes of limitation on prosecution for criminal offenses; requires the study to include information on sexual offense statutes of limitation and allows the study to include comparisons of Tennessee limitations to neighboring states; requires TACIR to report findings to the general assembly by January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## 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/HB2536.pdf)

## Votes

- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/20/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 849
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 849
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6aa28b5-ba53-4cff-93d7-6bdb5aa77c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).