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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of indecent exposure in a penal institution to include actions committed against staff members in addition to guards; defines staff member as any person employed by a penal institution or who performs ongoing services in a penal institution, including, but not limited to, clergy, educators, and medical professionals. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-511."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of indecent exposure in a penal institution to include actions committed against staff members in addition to guards; defines staff member as any person employed by a penal institution or who performs ongoing services in a penal institution, including, but not limited to, clergy, educators, and medical professionals. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-511."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "Tennessee HB 127 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hodges", "Kurita"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d77815-5a2d-46ca-a1da-1586ff502d5a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0127&GA=111"
source_hash: "5d508ec7f7dd9eeb53959cdd56dfa23944c4c0258e3483cbad1f72b9077d8c64"
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 HB 127 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of indecent exposure in a penal institution to include actions committed against staff members in addition to guards; defines staff member as any person employed by a penal institution or who performs ongoing services in a penal institution, including, but not limited to, clergy, educators, and medical professionals. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-511.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0127.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hodges — primary (person)
- Kurita — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 45
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 45
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d77815-5a2d-46ca-a1da-1586ff502d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).