Tennessee · House Bill 1949 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-607, relative to criminal offenses.

HB 1949 Sponsored by John Ragan Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 23, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 25, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of observation without consent to include a person or entity that adopts rules or enforces a policy or other work-related guidance for employees or contractors to promote or assist in the commission of observation without consent in a place where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, including a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use; creates a civil action for invasion of privacy based on a violation of observation without consent. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-607.

Every action

18 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 10 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. CommitteeP2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
  4. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
  7. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/20/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  8. CommitteeRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
  9. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/27/2024 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  10. HouseAction def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/12/2024
  1. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/12/2024 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  2. HouseAction def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/19/2024
  3. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/19/2024 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  4. HouseRe-ref. Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2024
  7. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  8. HouseTaken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.