---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities. - Amends TCA Title 37."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities. - Amends TCA Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1120"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1120 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec1ed3f-a576-447a-a013-6ae71606c572"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1120&GA=113"
source_hash: "d2901254d2ae46bce70860def95b72931f78b241d3805c2a3ed4475e4a07397e"
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 1120 (113) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities. - Amends TCA Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0066** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0066.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0116.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1120.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/1/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0066) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0116)
- **2023-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
- **2023-03-28** Pub. Ch. 67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ec1ed3f-a576-447a-a013-6ae71606c572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).