---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, redefines \"public place\" for purposes of the offense of indecent exposure; includes a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, redefines \"public place\" for purposes of the offense of indecent exposure; includes a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1297"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1297 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Ragan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bfb23d1-8385-4fd5-b6cc-43180580dff3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1297&GA=111"
source_hash: "577fc5cd405acac88277eabe222a8da65b20680d6b7815905eef85854b882ef6"
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 1297 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, redefines "public place" for purposes of the offense of indecent exposure; includes a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0194.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0162.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1297.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed — **68–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **69–25** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** 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 cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action def. in Judiciary to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 25, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0194) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-11** 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 21, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0162)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 251
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 251
- **2019-05-09** 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/9bfb23d1-8385-4fd5-b6cc-43180580dff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).