republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1568.md

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Bill	Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.	Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1568	Tennessee SB 1568 (111)	bill	Sexual Offenders	enacted	Doggett Hensley	3	41	6	2019-12-20	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/33243b7a-2b95-4d33-b48b-944231c81ee7	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1568&GA=111	80ce64be3ef16a8b9491fe9e7cdf9f7a2d5fa82c10ef1abe199ff3b5baf6761c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1568 (111) — Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0667 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0498 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/18/2020 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/18/2020 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2020 Passed — 80–9 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/25/2020 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed — 28–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Doggett — primary (person)
• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-20 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-12-23 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-14 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-15 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2020-01-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/28/2020
• 2020-01-28 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/11/2020
• 2020-02-05 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
• 2020-02-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-18 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2020-02-19 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-02-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0498)
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-02-25 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2020
• 2020-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-04 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-11 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-17 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
• 2020-03-18 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-18 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-19 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-03-19 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-03-19 Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 9, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-03-19 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0667) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-03-19 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-03-19 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-03-20 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-04-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-04-06 Pub. Ch. 636
• 2020-04-06 Effective date(s) 04/01/2020
• 2020-04-06 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 636

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33243b7a-2b95-4d33-b48b-944231c81ee7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).