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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Abuse - As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71."
+description: "Abuse - As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 1287"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1287 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Abuse"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Crowe"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2017-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a44caa-43da-45af-89bc-097a1ff04399"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1287&GA=110"
+source_hash: "897ea0546aafb6663f1b7125a5a5e88676b62c9e7c8bb279e6dfd0aeb8192752"
+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 SB 1287 (110) — Abuse - As enacted, requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish within the commission a public guardian working group; requires background checks for persons who volunteer in a position that involves providing direct contact with or direct responsibility for a service recipient in facility or service licensed under the Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and/or Treatment, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law; revises and adds other provisions regarding vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
+
+## 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/SB1287.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/18/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2017 Passed (1) — **81–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carr — primary (person)
+- Crowe — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/18/2017
+- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass if am; ref to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/19/2017
+- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
+- **2017-04-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
+- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
+- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2017
+- **2017-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0483)
+- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
+- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/2/2017
+- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
+- **2017-05-05** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0368) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-05-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-05-05** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 427
+- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a44caa-43da-45af-89bc-097a1ff04399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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