---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian within 24 hours after the child is admitted to the juvenile detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 41."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian within 24 hours after the child is admitted to the juvenile detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2507"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2507 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8964e50c-a5fb-4513-9b05-f8073e33775d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2507&GA=113"
source_hash: "fb7f175f5b3434a08553eb113219a916437607205596d603ebab5f10c60cb987"
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 2507 (113) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian within 24 hours after the child is admitted to the juvenile detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0884** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0884.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0941** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0941.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2507.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2024 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2024-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-04-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-01** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0941)
- **2024-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0884) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 866

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8964e50c-a5fb-4513-9b05-f8073e33775d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).