Tennessee § 39-13-515 Promoting prostitution - Unacceptable defenses

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§ 39-13-515 — Promoting prostitution - Unacceptable defenses

Tennessee § 39-13-515

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-515 (2026).

Text

(a)A person commits an offense under this section:

(1)Who promotes prostitution; or (2) Who promotes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or is a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor.

(b)Except as provided in subsection (c), promoting prostitution is a Class E felony.

(c)Promoting prostitution of a person more than twelve (12) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age or a person with an intellectual disability as defined in § 33-1-101 is a Class A felony.

(d)It is not a defense to a violation of this section that:

(1)The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer;

(2)The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or (3) The solicitation was unsuccessful, the condu

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(a) A person commits an offense under this section: (1) Who promotes prostitution; or (2) Who promotes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or is a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), promoting prostitution is a Class E felony. (c) Promoting prostitution of a person more than twelve (12) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age or a person with an intellectual disability as defined in § 33-1-101 is a Class A felony. (d) It is not a defense to a violation of this section that: (1) The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer; (2) The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or (3) The solicitation was unsuccessful, the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or a law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 2011, ch. 377, § 4; 2013, ch. 485, § 1; 2014, ch. 646, § 1; 2018, ch. 1019, § 1; 2019, ch. 123, §§ 5, 6; 2022, ch. 1089, § 6; 2022, ch. 1115, § 22.