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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, revises provisions governing the circumstances under which the TBI is required to remove a sexual offender's name from the registry; adds successful completions of judicial diversion for certain offenses to such circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39."
description: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, revises provisions governing the circumstances under which the TBI is required to remove a sexual offender's name from the registry; adds successful completions of judicial diversion for certain offenses to such circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Tennessee SB 544 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hulsey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440bef2e-ebb3-4499-8239-ec5a882db24c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0544&GA=111"
source_hash: "0cea9bede0836671656d0494f26870f3c678d843239f21c93ea791f703a08dde"
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 544 (111) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, revises provisions governing the circumstances under which the TBI is required to remove a sexual offender's name from the registry; adds successful completions of judicial diversion for certain offenses to such circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0051.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0397.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0453.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0454.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0544.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed — **53** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **8011** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 2 & 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 5/2/2019 Passed — **8012** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019 4/23/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **215** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/27/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hulsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee / no second
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2019-04-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 11, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0051) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Reset on next available calendar
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0454)
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0453)
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0397)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-02** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 & 3 Ayes 80, Nays 12 PNV 1
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/2/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 502
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 502
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/24/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/440bef2e-ebb3-4499-8239-ec5a882db24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).