---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various provisions governing statutes of limitations for civil actions and criminal prosecutions for cases involving abuse against child; revises penalty for failure to report abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37 and Title 40."
description: "Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various provisions governing statutes of limitations for civil actions and criminal prosecutions for cases involving abuse against child; revises penalty for failure to report abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "Tennessee HB 565 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statutes of Limitations and Repose"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Gresham"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edec8b9-672e-42f6-82b6-aaecfc840293"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0565&GA=111"
source_hash: "a12986b8cd383e7a883ef6b1724d59186ee6ad314653ec326610b451e0fd6fde"
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 565 (111) — Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various provisions governing statutes of limitations for civil actions and criminal prosecutions for cases involving abuse against child; revises penalty for failure to report abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37 and Title 40.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0195.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0020.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0452.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0565.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary
- **2019-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0195) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2 HB0565
- **2019-05-01** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4 for 5/1/19
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0020)
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0452)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 84, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee appointed. (Gresham, Bell, Massey)
- **2019-05-02** H. returned. to Senate
- **2019-05-02** Senate returned to House
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. appointed.( Dunn, Carter, Curcio, Beck, Lamberth)
- **2019-05-02** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
- **2019-05-02** Senate refused to recede from amendment 2
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 499
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 499

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6edec8b9-672e-42f6-82b6-aaecfc840293`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).