republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-331.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph taken without an individual's consent and the focus of the photograph is the intimate area of the individual or would offend or embarrass an ordinary person and the photograph was taken for the purpose of sexual arousal of the defendant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph taken without an individual's consent and the focus of the photograph is the intimate area of the individual or would offend or embarrass an ordinary person and the photograph was taken for the purpose of sexual arousal of the defendant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Tennessee SB 331 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df3c144d-14f8-45a8-895b-023bdf0689d9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0331&GA=112"
source_hash: "8922279cb6e02329fe4b1cfcead691e2f7b8b04d0a216efb9184e948361f214d"
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 331 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph taken without an individual's consent and the focus of the photograph is the intimate area of the individual or would offend or embarrass an ordinary person and the photograph was taken for the purpose of sexual arousal of the defendant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, 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://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0331.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/7/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 354
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 354

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df3c144d-14f8-45a8-895b-023bdf0689d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).