---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2126"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2126 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/addb60d2-316b-448d-a7f3-59fa82a007b8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2126&GA=113"
source_hash: "c0a916e928d6187cabe00f2fb77d49e069f9c8207baf8c067af66a5eaed62f98"
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 2126 (113) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0579.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2126.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/20/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (2) — **71–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0579) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-08** Pub. Ch. 635

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/addb60d2-316b-448d-a7f3-59fa82a007b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).