---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, creates the \"Protecting Children from Social Media Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18."
description: "Children - As enacted, creates the \"Protecting Children from Social Media Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1891"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1891 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85631b5f-3b55-4b2f-9f8c-fa26f0cf8438"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1891&GA=113"
source_hash: "558cdde36536dff933ebc6ad52ff78bb387937d9362cee3f8b5085e940bb2c5e"
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 1891 (113) — Children - As enacted, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0668** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0668.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0718** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0718.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0929** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0929.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1891.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024 3/21/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (2) — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/27/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **90–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0668) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0929)
- **2024-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0718)
- **2024-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 90, Nays 2 PNV 4 HB1891
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 01/01/2025
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 899

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85631b5f-3b55-4b2f-9f8c-fa26f0cf8438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).