---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Tennessee SB 221 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/499d0497-9f16-412a-85df-bf29231fa7f9"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0221&ga=114"
source_hash: "779a5790cc3f2615ed1a7801bb8ebe185260403142aef9474bfdf8028d3d2cb8"
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 221 (114) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0040.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0509.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0008.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0221.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Passed — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2025 Passed — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (2) — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2025
- **2025-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0008)
- **2025-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 2 - HA0509) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0509) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0040) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 414

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/499d0497-9f16-412a-85df-bf29231fa7f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).