---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to publish the guidelines for the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 71."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to publish the guidelines for the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 643"
citation: "Tennessee SB 643 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hakeem", "Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f02862-b9f9-4c99-8e30-00a918129116"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0643&GA=112"
source_hash: "83289442afb6bffbf9695944a6fd8572b4919f8349dd54de7f5d352359053a3b"
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 643 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to publish the guidelines for the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0643.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 Failed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hakeem — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 408
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 408

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1f02862-b9f9-4c99-8e30-00a918129116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).