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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to classify offenders and determine whether the offender's offense qualifies as a sexual offense, violent sexual offense, or a violent juvenile sexual offense, and whether the offender is an offender against children; allows the bureau to rely on investigative reports, files of certain prosecutorial entities, court records, or other credible information to classify an offender; requires the bureau to notify the offender of the classification. - Amends TCA Title 40."
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description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to classify offenders and determine whether the offender's offense qualifies as a sexual offense, violent sexual offense, or a violent juvenile sexual offense, and whether the offender is an offender against children; allows the bureau to rely on investigative reports, files of certain prosecutorial entities, court records, or other credible information to classify an offender; requires the bureau to notify the offender of the classification. - Amends TCA Title 40."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 531"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 531 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9cde2e3-a67c-469c-aaea-8f10dcb03bf1"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0531&ga=114"
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source_hash: "59f9e21803310ec200e52533145cdf7c80ef61d02817919a00dcc159a7eaacf9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 531 (114) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to classify offenders and determine whether the offender's offense qualifies as a sexual offense, violent sexual offense, or a violent juvenile sexual offense, and whether the offender is an offender against children; allows the bureau to rely on investigative reports, files of certain prosecutorial entities, court records, or other credible information to classify an offender; requires the bureau to notify the offender of the classification. - Amends TCA Title 40.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0531.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stevens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
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- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
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- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
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- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 66
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9cde2e3-a67c-469c-aaea-8f10dcb03bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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