---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, deletes the statutory provision that repeals the Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative on January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1."
description: "Children - As enacted, deletes the statutory provision that repeals the Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative on January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1585"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1585 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-20"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c4f6cc-ec21-409a-b717-9e0cfbe1e7a4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1585&GA=113"
source_hash: "0b1b5bbdc08ee16975798ccc5647b6d860944876febc808a2a1481252fae3ec2"
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 1585 (113) — Children - As enacted, deletes the statutory provision that repeals the Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative on January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

## 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/113/Bill/SB1585.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2024 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/6/2024 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/04/2024
- **2024-04-08** Pub. Ch. 638

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c4f6cc-ec21-409a-b717-9e0cfbe1e7a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).