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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 959

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1787

                  By Representatives Littleton, McCalmon, Davis, Alexander, White

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2178

                                                     By Senator Yager

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to criminal
offenses.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-514, is amended by deleting
subdivision (a)(2) and substituting:

                    (2) When a person patronizes prostitution where the subject of the offense is:

                              (A) A law enforcement officer;

                              (8) A law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing
                    as a minor;

                              (C) A person who has an intellectual disability; or

                              (D) A person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-514, is amended by deleting
subsection (b) and substituting:

                    (b)

                              (1) Patronizing prostitution under subsection (a)(1) or subdivision
                    (a)(2)(A) is a Class A misdemeanor.

                              (2) Patronizing prostitution under subdivision (a)(2)(8) or (a)(2)(C) is a
                    Class B felony.

                              (3) Patronizing prostitution under subdivision (a)(2)(D) is a Class A felony.

                              (4) Patronizing prostitution within one and one-half (1.5) miles of a school
                    shall, in addition to any other authorized punishment, be punished by no less
                    than seven (7) days of incarceration and by a fine of not less than one thousand
                    dollars ($1,000).

                              (5) This section does not prohibit prosecution under any other applicable
                    law.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-314(a)(1)(D), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:

                    (D) Patronizing prostitution, under§ 39-13-514(a)(2)(8), (C), or (D);

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 1787

PASSED:  April 22, 2026

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                              CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                            RANDY MCNAL~
                               SPEAKER OF THE SENAT

~ APPROVED this <]fl- day of             2026

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR       ~ --