---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39."
description: "Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Tennessee SB 281 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile Offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9188c09-3b81-4287-acd4-72136b630d51"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0281&GA=112"
source_hash: "128f59d4c4b1c9e145804f44fe38606bfeaf60c2fb597addcf210d72aabad692"
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 281 (112) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0349** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0349.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0062** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0062.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0281.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 Failed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0062)
- **2021-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0349) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 436
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 436

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9188c09-3b81-4287-acd4-72136b630d51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).