---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24."
description: "Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1593"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1593 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28f6e4b8-4fcc-4eb6-b28f-7864d00fd572"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1593&GA=110"
source_hash: "7d4ce18b941c1fe4a6b6aea0144812faff6541db741ed22078bb894a442fa775"
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 1593 (110) — Evidence - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion from a criminal trial of certain out-of-court, non-testimonial statements made by a child under 12 years of age that describe any sexual act or act of physical violence directed against the child. - Amends TCA Title 24.

## 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/SB1593.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0711)
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0884) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 708
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28f6e4b8-4fcc-4eb6-b28f-7864d00fd572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).