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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 972
SENATE BILL NO. 2030
By Lowe, Stevens, Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1922
By Carringer
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2, relative to sexual
offenders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-39-211, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
( )(1) While mandated to comply with the requirements of this part, a sexual offender
or violent sexual offender must notify the owner or operator of any campground on
which the offender intends to stay overnight of the offender's status as a sexual
offender or violent sexual offender prior to beginning the stay. A person who
knowingly stays overnight at a campground without providing the notice required by
this subsection ( ) commits an offense, which is punishable as provided in
subsections (f) and (g).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 2030
PASSED: April 20, 2026
RANDYl\llcNALL Y
SPEAKER OF TH~ SENATE
CAMERON-SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this l?:,lt day of ~ 2026
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