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type: "Bill"
title: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires the district attorneys general conference to submit a report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the criminal justice committee of the house as to whether separate and secure waiting areas exist within each of the 31 judicial districts along with recommendations to achieve the requirements of law that victims of crime and prosecution witnesses should be provided waiting areas that are separate and secure from the defendant or defense witnesses during all stages of the judicial process. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 29, Chapter 13 and Title 40."
description: "Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires the district attorneys general conference to submit a report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the criminal justice committee of the house as to whether separate and secure waiting areas exist within each of the 31 judicial districts along with recommendations to achieve the requirements of law that victims of crime and prosecution witnesses should be provided waiting areas that are separate and secure from the defendant or defense witnesses during all stages of the judicial process. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 29, Chapter 13 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "Tennessee SB 513 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims' Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 64
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dfa52b6-d0a5-4c05-a9a7-621adfe5a58d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0513&GA=112"
source_hash: "ba8331d014f0b64fb4de7cbdbe77823e9030e226f50b24083cd642fac1f011e9"
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 SB 513 (112) — Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires the district attorneys general conference to submit a report to the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the criminal justice committee of the house as to whether separate and secure waiting areas exist within each of the 31 judicial districts along with recommendations to achieve the requirements of law that victims of crime and prosecution witnesses should be provided waiting areas that are separate and secure from the defendant or defense witnesses during all stages of the judicial process. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 29, Chapter 13 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0454.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0454.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0513.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1 5/4/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/24/2021 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **260** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/2/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Curcio — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., 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 if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0454) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0454)
- **2021-05-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 535
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 535
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dfa52b6-d0a5-4c05-a9a7-621adfe5a58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).