{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-515","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-515","heading":"Promoting prostitution - Unacceptable defenses","body":"(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. 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.\n(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.\n(1) Who promotes prostitution; or\n(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.\n(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), promoting prostitution is a Class E felony.\n(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.\n(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.\n(1) The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer;\n(2) The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or\n(3) The solicitation was unsuccessful, the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or a law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense.","path":["TN Code","Title 39","Chapter 13"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"c12543503ad3c975d10f3372738f4c642835cb4931e5c2b836dedf8d7895a237","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-514","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-39-13-516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}