---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the offenses of promoting the prostitution of a minor and patronizing prostitution from a person who is younger than 18 years of age or has an intellectual disability as sexual offenses for which a person may not qualify for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the offenses of promoting the prostitution of a minor and patronizing prostitution from a person who is younger than 18 years of age or has an intellectual disability as sexual offenses for which a person may not qualify for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2746"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2746 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Curcio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c3802fd-11bb-48c7-abb8-6fedb0218068"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2746&GA=111"
source_hash: "d1231cbebfd81ff4881ecc33baaf91bb68bffa63b1c19c8dd9cbda763c765ae8"
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 2746 (111) — Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the offenses of promoting the prostitution of a minor and patronizing prostitution from a person who is younger than 18 years of age or has an intellectual disability as sexual offenses for which a person may not qualify for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 37; 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/111/Bill/SB2746.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Curcio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-13** Pub. Ch. 607
- **2020-04-13** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020
- **2020-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c3802fd-11bb-48c7-abb8-6fedb0218068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).