---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to disclose information about a case to the public if all parties involved in the case, including the child, are deceased and all identifying personal information of the parties is redacted. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Section 37-5-107."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to disclose information about a case to the public if all parties involved in the case, including the child, are deceased and all identifying personal information of the parties is redacted. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Section 37-5-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 91"
citation: "Tennessee HB 91 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/558c5be2-c6b8-42f6-936f-ab357d2554db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0091&GA=113"
source_hash: "37e96166b19407412d3e16c29920046b2667bebb4e1715ad66dd2d597b156395"
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 91 (113) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, allows the department to disclose information about a case to the public if all parties involved in the case, including the child, are deceased and all identifying personal information of the parties is redacted. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Section 37-5-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0036** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0036.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0113.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0091.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/14/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/14/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/14/2023 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/14/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0113)
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 292

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/558c5be2-c6b8-42f6-936f-ab357d2554db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).