republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1676.md

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Bill	Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.	Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1676	Tennessee HB 1676 (113)	bill	Children	enacted	Lamberth	3	29	7	2024-01-08	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/125ff778-b79c-4aca-9a53-6f191b7aabd5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1676&GA=113	2fdf97a5a716ecf7b0d904d8b9d08b8e20ab5a79c59ccdbe6cd11439abd32c7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1676 (113) — Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0593 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0592 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — 87–2 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed — 87–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/20/2024 — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-10 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-01-31 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
• 2024-02-06 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-14 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/28/2024
• 2024-02-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
• 2024-02-28 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
• 2024-03-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 4 passage
• 2024-03-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0593) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-07 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
• 2024-03-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0592)
• 2024-03-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-03-12 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-03-14 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-18 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-19 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-04-03 Pub. Ch. 613

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/125ff778-b79c-4aca-9a53-6f191b7aabd5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).