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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from \"15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000\" to \"life in prison without the possibility of parole.\" - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from \"15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000\" to \"life in prison without the possibility of parole.\" - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Tennessee SB 290 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf0061ac-6475-4781-9565-e59427c71228"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0290&GA=111"
source_hash: "31f4b3240e3841c7e7b5c8c7c13bbafac49213108fbf51b581edac5fbdcacafd"
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 290 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from "15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000" to "life in prison without the possibility of parole." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0129.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0210.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0290.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed — **901** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0129) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0210)
- **2019-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 211
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 211
- **2019-05-01** 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/cf0061ac-6475-4781-9565-e59427c71228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).