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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates offenses related to the possession, sale, distribution, and transport of child-like sex dolls. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates offenses related to the possession, sale, distribution, and transport of child-like sex dolls. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 659"
citation: "Tennessee SB 659 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Littleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec48ce6-ea95-4625-8d82-6d5fb687e63d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0659&GA=111"
source_hash: "2b5dc649f9c47f68f590bcebc5d02d5f5d33d8a59caa6250ef21b1f1fdc4c431"
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 659 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates offenses related to the possession, sale, distribution, and transport of child-like sex dolls. - Amends TCA Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0340.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0209.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0659.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/2/2019 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/3/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/24/2019 Passed — **280** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0209)
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0340) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0340) `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 360
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 360
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aec48ce6-ea95-4625-8d82-6d5fb687e63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).