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type: "Bill"
title: "Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines \"caregiver\" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6."
description: "Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines \"caregiver\" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Tennessee SB 553 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coley", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67166f14-6ad7-43ef-9811-fc01b41ccb7c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0553&GA=110"
source_hash: "effd4e989c31d43722186139ebd10eff2652918056dabc5f4276336d75a69362"
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 SB 553 (110) — Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines "caregiver" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0553.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2017 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coley — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0311)
- **2017-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 91, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0615
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 292
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 292
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67166f14-6ad7-43ef-9811-fc01b41ccb7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).