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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that when the victim of a sexually oriented crime is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian is not required for the victim to receive a forensic medical examination. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 39."
description: "Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that when the victim of a sexually oriented crime is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian is not required for the victim to receive a forensic medical examination. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Tennessee HB 679 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1c5303-4fb5-4ae4-be5b-098659c928a2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0679&ga=114"
source_hash: "d61f602c18184444e4bb1831ddb20987377c00029d914037e909eb9165ed2c63"
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 679 (114) — Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that when the victim of a sexually oriented crime is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian is not required for the victim to receive a forensic medical examination. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0272.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0348.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0484** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0484.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0679.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/5/2026 Passed — **910** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **301** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Re-Refer to Committee Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed — **239** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (3) — **180** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (4) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Freeman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0272) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0348)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA 0484)
- **2026-03-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 91, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0679
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 597
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1c5303-4fb5-4ae4-be5b-098659c928a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).