---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2024; requires the department to submit quarterly reports to the chairs of the government operations committees to provide updates on the department's progress in addressing performance audit findings; requires the department to appear before the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee no later than June 30, 2023, to present information included in the department's six-month follow-up report submitted to the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 37."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2024; requires the department to submit quarterly reports to the chairs of the government operations committees to provide updates on the department's progress in addressing performance audit findings; requires the department to appear before the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee no later than June 30, 2023, to present information included in the department's six-month follow-up report submitted to the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Tennessee SB 37 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-29"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06852117-d9e5-4357-8ef9-3d4d053ca649"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0037&GA=113"
source_hash: "69f44e894b85dd2ed2870bbc9f0647985450a929d336e24264e85f018cfd3dec"
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 37 (113) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2024; requires the department to submit quarterly reports to the chairs of the government operations committees to provide updates on the department's progress in addressing performance audit findings; requires the department to appear before the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee no later than June 30, 2023, to present information included in the department's six-month follow-up report submitted to the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 37.

## 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/SB0037.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/20/2023 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/15/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments `passage`
- **2023-01-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-20** Refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 331

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06852117-d9e5-4357-8ef9-3d4d053ca649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).