republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, rewrites the criminal offense of female genital mutilation; extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions or civil actions for female genital mutilation. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, rewrites the criminal offense of female genital mutilation; extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions or civil actions for female genital mutilation. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1166"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1166 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a9d709-3f7f-49c1-b1ed-cebed1e69462"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1166&GA=111"
source_hash: "0c99d87beca441ef4877498ad48e7a8b8433631f68b02d22075779981c5c4e10"
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 1166 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, rewrites the criminal offense of female genital mutilation; extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions or civil actions for female genital mutilation. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0266.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0103.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0104.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0105.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1166.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0105)
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0104)
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0103)
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0266) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 268
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a9d709-3f7f-49c1-b1ed-cebed1e69462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).