---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative\" to create five additional zero to three court programs throughout the state to be administered by the department of children’s services. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative\" to create five additional zero to three court programs throughout the state to be administered by the department of children’s services. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "Tennessee HB 862 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juvenile"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "White M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18315318-639e-436a-8881-cb8465738da1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0862&GA=110"
source_hash: "692c88efa5cc9442832974e7320a2342368e70b38d0014a54a4110cf64c1a4be"
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 HB 862 (110) — Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative" to create five additional zero to three court programs throughout the state to be administered by the department of children’s services. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0862.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017 4/20/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2017 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/29/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- White M — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 3
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0332) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5-2-17
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0307)
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0050)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 366
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 366

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18315318-639e-436a-8881-cb8465738da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).