Tennessee · House Bill 841 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9, relative to obscenity.

HB 841 Sponsored by Susan Lynn Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jan 30, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 2, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  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.

Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, makes it a Class E felony for a book publisher, distributor, or seller to knowingly sell or distribute obscene matter to a public school serving any of the grades K-12; adds additional fines for a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9.

Every action

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

Show the 12 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 3/7/2023 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2023
  7. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  8. HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
  9. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  10. CommitteeRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
  11. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/28/2023 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  12. CommitteeRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  1. CommitteePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023 · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  2. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
  3. HouseReset on next avail. cal.
  4. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  5. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
  6. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  7. HouseComp. SB subst.
  8. GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 278

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 11 Republicans.

All 11 cosponsors

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.