republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2535.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense "unlawful exposure" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense "unlawful exposure" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2535	Tennessee SB 2535 (112)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Powell Yarbro	3	40	6	2022-02-02	2022-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/40914753-c810-44dd-b86b-8774b2cf3847	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2535&GA=112	6141b09005db448713f07787383faa984bde98594db74e4908f65f17be41ecd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2535 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense "unlawful exposure" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0865 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0533 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Powell — primary (person)
• Yarbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-03 P1C.
• 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Sponsor change.
• 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
• 2022-03-01 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
• 2022-03-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-14 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-14 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0533)
• 2022-03-16 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-16 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-17 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
• 2022-03-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-30 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
• 2022-04-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
• 2022-04-11 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-04-11 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0865) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-04-11 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-05-02 Pub. Ch. 923
• 2022-05-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 923

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40914753-c810-44dd-b86b-8774b2cf3847. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).