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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Tennessee HB 45 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b781260-f8d1-4eae-9836-96520d184112"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0045&ga=114"
source_hash: "f0acc8ed79bf2f4b1478fbaaf5298fef3830b695050690ebc7791210c8344849"
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 HB 45 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0045.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — **280** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2025 Passed — **210** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (4) — **80** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- McCalmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/8/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 472
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b781260-f8d1-4eae-9836-96520d184112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).