---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires department's case managers to report a suspected violation of a court order to law enforcement in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Section 39-13-113."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires department's case managers to report a suspected violation of a court order to law enforcement in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Section 39-13-113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1912"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1912 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Littleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac1e0cff-d4ba-4b45-8410-16f3089a7704"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1912&GA=112"
source_hash: "35e1c2816c6bbd96a03b02685e83a7bc4fb434ca99178e5d1ecc6c05a7a5f985"
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 1912 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires department's case managers to report a suspected violation of a court order to law enforcement in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Section 39-13-113.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0885** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0885.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0716** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0716.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1912.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/30/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/6/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0716)
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0885) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1095
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1095

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac1e0cff-d4ba-4b45-8410-16f3089a7704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).