---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds persons required by law to register as a persistent domestic violence offender to the list of persons who are not eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program; makes various other changes to the address confidentiality program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6."
description: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds persons required by law to register as a persistent domestic violence offender to the list of persons who are not eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program; makes various other changes to the address confidentiality program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1640"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1640 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims' Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622eea4a-268a-4142-aa2b-f7c63fbbdb1e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1640&ga=114"
source_hash: "15a11c9952330ac66c9a61bf9e2b59f61f7acbc945428b9a8acbb03f1db9ed2e"
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 1640 (114) — Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds persons required by law to register as a persistent domestic violence offender to the list of persons who are not eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program; makes various other changes to the address confidentiality program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6.

## 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/SB1640.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/19/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/10/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/10/2026
- **2026-02-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-02-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date(s) 03/06/2026
- **2026-03-16** Pub. Ch. 582

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622eea4a-268a-4142-aa2b-f7c63fbbdb1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).