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Bill Evidence - As enacted, expands the admissibility of a forensic interview to include statements made by a child under 18 years of age rather than under 13 years of age; expands admissible forensic interviews from statements made by a child describing sexual contact performed with or on the child by another to statements describing sexual or physically violent contact performed with or on the child by another or performed by a person with or on another and witnessed by the child; makes other changes relevant to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 37. Evidence - As enacted, expands the admissibility of a forensic interview to include statements made by a child under 18 years of age rather than under 13 years of age; expands admissible forensic interviews from statements made by a child describing sexual contact performed with or on the child by another to statements describing sexual or physically violent contact performed with or on the child by another or performed by a person with or on another and witnessed by the child; makes other changes relevant to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 557 Tennessee HB 557 (113)
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Tennessee HB 557 (113) — Evidence - As enacted, expands the admissibility of a forensic interview to include statements made by a child under 18 years of age rather than under 13 years of age; expands admissible forensic interviews from statements made by a child describing sexual contact performed with or on the child by another to statements describing sexual or physically violent contact performed with or on the child by another or performed by a person with or on another and witnessed by the child; makes other changes relevant to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0103 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0109 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/21/2023 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Littleton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2023-02-01 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-01 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-08 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
  • 2023-02-14 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
  • 2023-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
  • 2023-02-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-22 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023
  • 2023-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-28 Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/7/2023
  • 2023-03-01 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2023
  • 2023-03-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
  • 2023-03-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
  • 2023-03-13 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-03-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-13 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0103) amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2023-03-16 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2023-03-16 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0109)
  • 2023-03-16 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2023-03-16 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-03-17 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2023-03-22 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-03-22 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-03-27 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-04-18 Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
  • 2023-04-18 Pub. Ch. 139

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1da7d3fc-6e9f-4c03-8291-5b1b06983c38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).