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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24."
+description: "Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 1480"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1480 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Evidence"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Yager"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-09"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e962c02e-e412-43d0-80e9-f325f3f4d0d8"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1480&GA=110"
+source_hash: "7342ee31c4b9a523afd5b787e5362e65a0283de8c06919f1a73b9afc4d9d31ef"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 1480 (110) — Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1480.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/6/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018 3/22/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+- Yager — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
+- **2018-02-05** Sponsor change.
+- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
+- **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
+- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/7/2018
+- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2018
+- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
+- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
+- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/22/2018
+- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
+- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
+- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
+- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0711)
+- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2018-03-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0884) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708
+- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 708
+- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e962c02e-e412-43d0-80e9-f325f3f4d0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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