---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders to notify the owner or operator of any campground on which the offender intends to stay overnight of the offender's status as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender prior to beginning the stay; creates the offense of knowingly staying overnight at a campground without providing the required notice, which is punished as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
description: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders to notify the owner or operator of any campground on which the offender intends to stay overnight of the offender's status as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender prior to beginning the stay; creates the offense of knowingly staying overnight at a campground without providing the required notice, which is punished as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2030"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2030 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3ff3c1-334f-4e8a-a23e-d3244658ba38"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2030&ga=114"
source_hash: "de6e814ba197b0e378b0e96c36448bd788794fb0996dadba22d95af66c6724db"
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 2030 (114) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders to notify the owner or operator of any campground on which the offender intends to stay overnight of the offender's status as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender prior to beginning the stay; creates the offense of knowingly staying overnight at a campground without providing the required notice, which is punished as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA 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](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2030.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/10/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-13** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** 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. 972

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd3ff3c1-334f-4e8a-a23e-d3244658ba38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).