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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of child endangerment to include knowingly exposing a child to or failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect resulting in imminent danger to the child; defines imminent danger as the existence of any condition or practice that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of child endangerment to include knowingly exposing a child to or failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect resulting in imminent danger to the child; defines imminent danger as the existence of any condition or practice that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Tennessee HB 403 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f93cb2de-af6e-4b2a-85c6-9f26000b7873"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0403&GA=110"
source_hash: "41a222ffaf7a78ebf015864aef69b9160214d90720af163bc4ba2514087b0450"
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 403 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of child endangerment to include knowingly exposing a child to or failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect resulting in imminent danger to the child; defines imminent danger as the existence of any condition or practice that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4.
## 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/HB0403.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (1) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/4/2017 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hicks — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 381
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 381
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f93cb2de-af6e-4b2a-85c6-9f26000b7873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).