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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1787"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1787 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c29a22-000e-418e-8f89-fe39cd73d391"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1787&ga=114"
source_hash: "261f3d51a3544ba08e680047c0fd6601ca44c028869e11dcf670cbd8eb824239"
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 HB 1787 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0989** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0989.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0928** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0928.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1787.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (4) — **70** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — **150** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0989) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0928)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 959
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c29a22-000e-418e-8f89-fe39cd73d391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).