# Tennessee SB 0586: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure.

Tennessee SB 0586, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0586
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (130 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger protection for Tennesseans' private images: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee law expands protection against unlawful sharing of private images. The rule covers images photographed or recorded when the parties agreed or understood that they would stay private. The person sharing the image need not have been part of that privacy agreement or…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 91 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 432
- 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 2 (House)
- 2025-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-03-13: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-03-10: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/4/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0432.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0586.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0586.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0432.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0586.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0586.pdf)

## Related
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- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
- [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026)
- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
- [HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2656-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0586-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).