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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 557"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 557 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Evidence"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Littleton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da7d3fc-6e9f-4c03-8291-5b1b06983c38"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0557&GA=113"
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source_hash: "763949bab2239ce90633a6fbfc5e879cfff724a88437bc77b12bf2010ba894c8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0103.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0109.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0557.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Littleton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
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- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
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- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
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- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023
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- **2023-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-02-28** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/7/2023
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- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2023
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- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
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- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
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- **2023-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0103) `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0109)
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- **2023-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
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- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 139
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da7d3fc-6e9f-4c03-8291-5b1b06983c38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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