republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1591.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1591	Tennessee SB 1591 (112)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Bailey Littleton	1	43	9	2021-02-10	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c5eb4d4f-20d8-405e-815f-53238acad799	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1591&GA=112	da0c29739e40a77de26b9165054ca48731ee1547fff888a3782ec7494b0169d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1591 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of negligently, by act or omission, engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — 26–2 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (7) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Littleton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor change.
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 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
• 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-04-14 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-21 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 2 passage
• 2021-04-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-27 Placed behind the budget
• 2021-04-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-28 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021
• 2021-05-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-03 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-04 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-05-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-05-04 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-05-12 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-13 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-06-01 Pub. Ch. 511
• 2021-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5eb4d4f-20d8-405e-815f-53238acad799. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).