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+type: "Bill"
+title: "District Attorneys - As enacted, requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16, Chapter 2 and Title 38, Chapter 6."
+description: "District Attorneys - As enacted, requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16, Chapter 2 and Title 38, Chapter 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 554"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 554 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["District Attorneys"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Littleton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-25"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecddb9a3-98e9-4e7e-9ea0-f0aa7af04d6a"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0554&GA=113"
+source_hash: "0bf6a6c36d9ae5b06ad9465ab23b4c3b3f3b4c86244b06ea3a9d78978a16c345"
+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 554 (113) — District Attorneys - As enacted, requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16, Chapter 2 and Title 38, Chapter 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0141.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0554.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/28/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Littleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
+- **2023-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2023
+- **2023-03-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/14/2023
+- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2023
+- **2023-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
+- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
+- **2023-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2023-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0141) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2023-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
+- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 237
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecddb9a3-98e9-4e7e-9ea0-f0aa7af04d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+