---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to study the status of the crime stoppers programs across the state and make recommendations to enhance such programs. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to study the status of the crime stoppers programs across the state and make recommendations to enhance such programs. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1492"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1492 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0abee71-88db-438e-9fd0-9bafbfcaa2b4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1492&ga=114"
source_hash: "130331647992ac5885bc3e4667f737d8c4a114bcf1107fc9df0826577ad89870"
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 1492 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to study the status of the crime stoppers programs across the state and make recommendations to enhance such programs. - Amends TCA Title 38; 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](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1492.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/9/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/3/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/27/2026
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 967

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0abee71-88db-438e-9fd0-9bafbfcaa2b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).