---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires a juvenile court conducting a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding to conduct the proceeding in a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in proximity to an approved detention center. - Amends TCA Title 37."
description: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires a juvenile court conducting a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding to conduct the proceeding in a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in proximity to an approved detention center. - Amends TCA Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 718"
citation: "Tennessee SB 718 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juvenile"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cac239eb-c4b2-4a8d-a662-1fcbff28ec36"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0718&ga=114"
source_hash: "40da3be34d92b5d7090c65a34594435460f5c0cb5ce8deddb475e492c7f00800"
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 718 (114) — Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires a juvenile court conducting a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding to conduct the proceeding in a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in proximity to an approved detention center. - Amends TCA Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0280.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0281.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0408.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0091.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0718.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Failed (2) — **19–74** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/11/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/14/2025 Passed — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0091)
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 15, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0281) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0280) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 6 (Amendment 2 - HA0281) `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 10/1/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 254

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cac239eb-c4b2-4a8d-a662-1fcbff28ec36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).