Children - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act." - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 47. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 368 by , the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 368

SENATE BILL NO. 535

By Stevens, Bowling, Rose, White

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 874

By Brock Martin, Haston, Hardaway, Burkhart, Davis, Crawford, Helton-Haynes, Doggett, Powers,
                                                               Grills

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 47, relative to
          sexual exploitation of children.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Protection of Children
Against Sexual Exploitation Act."

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 10, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

                    (a) A provider of electronic communications service, as defined in § 39-17-308, is
          prohibited from notifying an account holder, or any other person not authorized to be notified,
          of the service or the content of a search warrant or subpoena issued to the electronic
          communications service provider if the search warrant or subpoena was issued in relation to
          an investigation of the commission of an offense under this part.

                    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an electronic communications service provider may
          provide notification to an account holder ninety (90) days after the production of requested
          information, records, or data from the electronic communications service provider to a law
          enforcement officer in compliance with a subpoena issued or a search warrant executed and
          returned. However, the account holder notification shall be further delayed for an additional
          period not to exceed thirty (30) days upon request of a law enforcement officer within the initial
          ninety (90) day period established herein.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 535

PASSED:  Apri I 16, 2025

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                          \   RA~Y McNALLY

                             SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                          CAMERON~XTON,SPEAKER
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

~ APPROVED this  day o f ~    2025

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR