republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-281.md

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Bill	Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39.	Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 281	Tennessee SB 281 (112)	bill	Juvenile Offenders	enacted	Littleton Rose	3	48	6	2021-01-21	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c9188c09-3b81-4287-acd4-72136b630d51	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0281&GA=112	128f59d4c4b1c9e145804f44fe38606bfeaf60c2fb597addcf210d72aabad692	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 281 (112) — Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, prohibits juvenile courts from placing certain juveniles on judicial diversion; imposes certain other restrictions on juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain acts. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0349 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0062 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 Failed — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Littleton — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-21 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/16/2021
• 2021-02-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-18 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/23/2021
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/2/2021
• 2021-02-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
• 2021-03-02 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-09 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor change.
• 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-25 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2 passage
• 2021-03-25 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0062)
• 2021-03-29 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 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
• 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
• 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-26 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0349) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-26 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-26 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 436
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 436

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9188c09-3b81-4287-acd4-72136b630d51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).