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type: "Bill"
title: "Tattoos and Piercings - As enacted, enacts \"The Ink of Hope Act\"; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38."
description: "Tattoos and Piercings - As enacted, enacts \"The Ink of Hope Act\"; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Tennessee SB 171 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tattoos and Piercings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681b578f-e13e-487a-ae63-d2ce0e7660bc"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0171&ga=114"
source_hash: "2696d8971587154a1cf5f84f0339aecda2b9c9ea84690ca3c4a373396c3d8cf3"
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 171 (114) — Tattoos and Piercings - As enacted, enacts "The Ink of Hope Act"; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0171.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2025 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/11/2025
- **2025-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Effective date(s) 03/12/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-03-21** Pub. Ch. 19
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681b578f-e13e-487a-ae63-d2ce0e7660bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).