republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1792.md

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Bill	Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.	Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1792	Tennessee SB 1792 (113)	bill	Consumer Protection	enacted	Massey	4	31	4	2024-01-22	2024-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/5d4e1e43-15a8-4646-837e-4189de27da2a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113	e73dea0e411cb5eb83a16b5e6bf724c1156bc178386ea5f1f55835ef70dbd1c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1792 (113) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0762 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0729 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0935 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2024 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/2/2024 Passed — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-25 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee passage
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-08 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-12 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-03-19 Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• 2024-03-19 Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-03-26 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2024-04-03 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
• 2024-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0729)
• 2024-04-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0935)
• 2024-04-11 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0762) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-24 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-29 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-16 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-31 Effective date(s) 01/01/2025
• 2024-05-31 Pub. Ch. 1021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d4e1e43-15a8-4646-837e-4189de27da2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).