---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "Tennessee SB 392 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302b0067-ae1e-4128-bb53-72276e6f203a"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0392&ga=114"
source_hash: "e793591d74db8bfa6eeeac5ec7f891b706fb09ff2afe6116fb262a95e2f2903f"
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 392 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0367** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0367.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0525.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0526.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0396** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0396.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0411** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0411.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0418.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA0434** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0434.pdf)
8. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0392.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **25–72** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed — **71–23** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/8/2025 Passed — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **27–68** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Amend# 4 by Senator Akbari Third Consideration 4/16/2025 Passed — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-14** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0396)
- **2025-04-16** Amendment tabled (Amendment 4 - SA0434) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0418)
- **2025-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0411)
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. reconsidered, withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0367)
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0367) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 424

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/302b0067-ae1e-4128-bb53-72276e6f203a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).