republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2279.md

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Bill	Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.	Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2279	Tennessee HB 2279 (113)	bill	Juvenile Offenders	enacted	Hawk	3	25	6	2024-01-29	2024-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6e1a4dfa-7203-43cb-bc60-ca73a149e90e	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2279&GA=113	115d945295317289d766da4a4e1bd26a5c33d2488b506e9835b4af678122777c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2279 (113) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 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 HA0634 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0743 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed (1) — 26–3 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed — 26–3 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/27/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hawk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-01 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/5/2024
• 2024-03-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0634) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-10 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 passage
• 2024-04-10 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0743)
• 2024-04-10 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-13 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-13 Pub. Ch. 888

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e1a4dfa-7203-43cb-bc60-ca73a149e90e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).