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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense \"unlawful exposure\" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense \"unlawful exposure\" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2535"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2535 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40914753-c810-44dd-b86b-8774b2cf3847"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2535&GA=112"
source_hash: "6141b09005db448713f07787383faa984bde98594db74e4908f65f17be41ecd8"
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 2535 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, classifies as the Class A misdemeanor offense "unlawful exposure" the distribution of an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct if: the image was photographed or recorded under circumstances where the parties agreed or understood that the image would remain private; and the person depicted in the image suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0865** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0865.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0533** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0533.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2535.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Powell — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0533)
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0865) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 923
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 923
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40914753-c810-44dd-b86b-8774b2cf3847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).