2023-2024 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB1614: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47, relative to the Protect Tennessee Minors Act.
Legislative Summary
As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.
Bill History
12/6/2023
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
1/9/2024
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
1/9/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
1/10/2024
P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House of Representatives
1/10/2024
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/5/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/5/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/6/2024
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
House of Representatives
3/12/2024
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House of Representatives
3/12/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/13/2024
Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/19/2024
House of Representatives
3/18/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/19/2024
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
3/20/2024
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/20/2024
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
House of Representatives
3/27/2024
Placed behind the budget
House of Representatives
4/11/2024
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
House of Representatives
4/17/2024
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
House of Representatives
4/22/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/23/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/24/2024
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/24/2024
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
5/31/2024
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
Amendments
HA0762
Amendment 1-0 to HB1614
3/20/2024Not Adopted
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(5/31/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 52
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Patsy Hazlewood
Republican
Co-Sponsors (52)
Andrew Farmer
Republican
Cameron Sexton
Republican
William Lamberth
Republican
Jeremy Faison
Republican
Mike Sparks
Republican
Jake McCalmon
Republican
Curtis Johnson
Republican
Kevin Vaughan
Republican
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican
Tom Leatherwood
Republican
Gary Hicks
Republican
Johnny Garrett
Republican
Sam Whitson
Republican
Chris Todd
Republican
Dan Howell
Republican
David Hawk
Republican
Kelly Keisling
Republican
Mark Cochran
Republican
John Crawford
Republican
Bud Hulsey
Republican
Tim Rudd
Republican
Pat Marsh
Republican
Mary Littleton
Republican
Rebecca Alexander
Republican
Susan Lynn
Republican
Greg Vital
Republican
Elaine Davis
Republican
Debra Moody
Republican
Clay Doggett
Republican
Lowell Russell
Republican
Monty Fritts
Republican
Jody Barrett
Republican
Paul Sherrell
Republican
Dave Wright
Republican
Charlie Baum
Republican
Ryan Williams
Republican
Jason Zachary
Republican
Tim Hicks
Republican
Kevin Raper
Republican
Ed Butler
Republican
Jeff Burkhart
Republican
G.A. Hardaway
Democrat
William Slater
Republican
Iris Rudder
Republican
Rush Bricken
Republican
Kirk Haston
Republican
Clark Boyd
Republican
Michele Carringer
Republican
Rick Eldridge
Republican
Rusty Grills
Republican
Bryan Terry
Republican
Michael Hale
Republican