---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1225"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1225 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d40ee559-9c71-473b-9c72-a3ea2c64a4ef"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1225&ga=114"
source_hash: "d109d8f9065c6f359e57f47e07a6c1a20b15adb80ce7c69812d740f7c844658f"
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 1225 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - 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. **Amendment HA0988** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0988.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0621** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0621.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1225.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Division 2 Division of Question Amend# 1 by Senator Gardenhire 3/19/2026 Passed — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/9/2026 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed — **79–13** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2026 Passed (2) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** 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** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0621 Division two), Ayes 27, Nays 6
- **2026-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0621 Division one), Voice Vote
- **2026-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-14** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 13, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0988) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 3 (Amendment 1 - HA0988) `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/05/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 886

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d40ee559-9c71-473b-9c72-a3ea2c64a4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).