# Tennessee HB 0884: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14, relative to adult-oriented establishments.

Tennessee HB 0884, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14, relative to adult-oriented establishments., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-01-14 (Received from House, Passed on First Consideration) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0884
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14, relative to adult-oriented establishments.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2026-01-14, Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 21
- Subjects: Obscenity and Pornography
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (241 yes, 77 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/13/2026 | pass | 73 | 24 |   |
| 2026-01-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/13/2026 | pass | 73 | 23 |   |
| 2026-01-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY TODD PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/13/2026 | pass | 72 | 22 |   |
| 2025-04-03 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR &amp; RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 6 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2026-01-14: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2026-01-13: Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 24, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-01-13: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-01-13: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0541) (House)
- 2026-01-13: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0215) (House)
- 2025-04-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-04-03: Reset on first avail. space, first avail. cal. of 2026 (House)
- 2025-03-27: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/12/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-05: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-06: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee (House)
- 2025-02-05: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA0541 (Substitute), 2026-01-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0541.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0884.pdf)
- HA0215: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0215.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0884.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0541 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0541.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0884.pdf)
- [HA0215 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0215.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0884.pdf)

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- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
- [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0884-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
