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type: "Bill"
title: "Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39."
description: "Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2314"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2314 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Obscenity and Pornography"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a3bedef-2302-462d-b48f-96ffde70ae87"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2314&ga=114"
source_hash: "caac37050b2d0caf31b0d0d5f80b8ca806ef891abad405a060c6245c582ca5c4"
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 2314 (114) — Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA1007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1007.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0913** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0913.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2314.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (4) — **42** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2026 Passed (2) — **276** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed — **8310** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **837** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — **192** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **263** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fritts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-24** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1007) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0913)
- **2026-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-16** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Fritts, Reneau, Travis, Behn)
- **2026-04-22** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence in S. am. 1
- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
- **2026-04-22** Senate refused to recede from amendment
- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 26, Nayes 3, PNV 1
- **2026-04-23** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 83, Nays 10 PNV 1
- **2026-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee appointed (Bowling, Gardenhire, Yarbro)
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a3bedef-2302-462d-b48f-96ffde70ae87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).