republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-951.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "April's Law" to clarify that a person who engages in sexual contact with a corpse commits the offense of abuse of a corpse, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "April's Law" to clarify that a person who engages in sexual contact with a corpse commits the offense of abuse of a corpse, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 951	Tennessee SB 951 (112)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Hardaway Kyle	3	46	6	2020-11-30	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/08b6ecf2-9c60-4845-b398-d0f251c73c77	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0951&GA=112	93fd1029139343f6a270d00ea0711da4051b03ea7bae133b5b865e6fc7379d50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 951 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "April's Law" to clarify that a person who engages in sexual contact with a corpse commits the offense of abuse of a corpse, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0017 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0387 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/24/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hardaway — primary (person)
• Kyle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-30 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-01-13 Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 P2C held on desk.
• 2021-01-27 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-17 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-24 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
• 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-03-25 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0017) amendment-passage
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 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
• 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
• 2021-04-29 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-29 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0387)
• 2021-04-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-05-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-05 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 402
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 402

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08b6ecf2-9c60-4845-b398-d0f251c73c77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).