---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dillard's Law,\" which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than following conclusion of the defendant's sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Dillard's Law,\" which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than following conclusion of the defendant's sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 442"
citation: "Tennessee SB 442 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa712156-8664-4e08-9d1c-f38a5325767c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0442&GA=113"
source_hash: "0756201b5e4a246560c9758e867e788dd10c99facf2633f44d967de29aa14236"
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 442 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Dillard's Law," which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than following conclusion of the defendant's sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0339.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0021.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0442.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0021)
- **2023-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0339) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 217

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa712156-8664-4e08-9d1c-f38a5325767c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).