---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "Tennessee HB 951 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Littleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0296a43-51f7-4f4f-8880-3272f1fe47eb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0951&GA=112"
source_hash: "044411cb55884bc63f5b091458c1e82645baa9bbee1dd96d9d8649fd4b640c68"
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 951 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0951.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 511

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0296a43-51f7-4f4f-8880-3272f1fe47eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).