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Bill Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40. Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 2081 Tennessee HB 2081 (114)
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Tennessee HB 2081 (114) — Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0992 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0910 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (2) — 130 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (7) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 862 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2026 Passed (5) — 110 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (6) — 141 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — 260 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Littleton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-23 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-02-04 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-04 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee - Government Operations for Review referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-01 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026
  • 2026-04-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-06 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
  • 2026-04-06 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-06 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-08 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
  • 2026-04-08 Placed behind the budget
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-15 Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-04-15 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
  • 2026-04-16 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
  • 2026-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 2, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0992) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0910)
  • 2026-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027
  • 2026-05-26 Pub. Ch. 1003

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f27ab004-a50a-49f4-a7ad-4b60ae38b9d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).