---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abuse - As enacted, revises provisions governing the vulnerable adult protective investigative team annual report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the judiciary committee of the house of representatives; requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish and maintain a registry containing the names and addresses of unlicensed facilities that have been determined by a state agency to be providing care to elderly or vulnerable persons without maintaining the appropriate licensure. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71."
description: "Abuse - As enacted, revises provisions governing the vulnerable adult protective investigative team annual report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the judiciary committee of the house of representatives; requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish and maintain a registry containing the names and addresses of unlicensed facilities that have been determined by a state agency to be providing care to elderly or vulnerable persons without maintaining the appropriate licensure. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Tennessee SB 439 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Rose"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38bfeb7-53a5-474d-9598-243fb8ca57da"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0439&GA=112"
source_hash: "5991d9a4358735afb5f0c293a044c82783d7fe6650e08e7e871b83273026a283"
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 439 (112) — Abuse - As enacted, revises provisions governing the vulnerable adult protective investigative team annual report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the judiciary committee of the house of representatives; requires the executive director of the commission on aging and disability to establish and maintain a registry containing the names and addresses of unlicensed facilities that have been determined by a state agency to be providing care to elderly or vulnerable persons without maintaining the appropriate licensure. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0923** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0923.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0924** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0924.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0381.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0439.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/28/2022 Passed — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/28/2022 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/30/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-04-06** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0381)
- **2021-04-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0924) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0923) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 86, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-28** Conference Committee report adopted,
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. appointed. (Lamberth, Gillespie, Eldridge, Hardaway)
- **2022-04-28** Conference Committee appointed. (Rose, Massey, Johnson, Akbari)
- **2022-04-28** H. refused to recede from H am. no. 2
- **2022-04-28** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2022-05-04** 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. 1081
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1081

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38bfeb7-53a5-474d-9598-243fb8ca57da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).