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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39."
+description: "Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1568"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1568 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Sexual Offenders"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doggett", "Hensley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-12-20"
+last_action: "2020-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33243b7a-2b95-4d33-b48b-944231c81ee7"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1568&GA=111"
+source_hash: "80ce64be3ef16a8b9491fe9e7cdf9f7a2d5fa82c10ef1abe199ff3b5baf6761c"
+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 1568 (111) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0667** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0667.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0498.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1568.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/18/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/18/2020 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2020 Passed — **80–9** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doggett — primary (person)
+- Hensley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-12-20** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-12-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2020-01-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/28/2020
+- **2020-01-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/11/2020
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
+- **2020-02-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/18/2020
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
+- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
+- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
+- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0498)
+- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2020-02-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2020
+- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2020
+- **2020-03-04** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2020
+- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
+- **2020-03-11** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2020
+- **2020-03-17** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
+- **2020-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
+- **2020-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2020
+- **2020-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2020-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2020-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2020-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 9, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0667) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2020-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2020-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2020-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2020-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-06** Pub. Ch. 636
+- **2020-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/01/2020
+- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 636
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33243b7a-2b95-4d33-b48b-944231c81ee7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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