republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-2461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Abuse - As enacted, creates a procedure for school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to follow in regard to reporting suspected child abuse or child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Child Abuse - As enacted, creates a procedure for school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to follow in regard to reporting suspected child abuse or child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2461"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2461 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe65ece1-c071-4dbc-8ca6-2e299a6aaffa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2461&GA=111"
source_hash: "1e8b5fac366b39bb12f2861190ee79b53940bfea1c81621c016c12904d2d8dc4"
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 2461 (111) — Child Abuse - As enacted, creates a procedure for school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to follow in regard to reporting suspected child abuse or child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0751.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0616.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2461.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/3/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/28/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/3/2020 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2020 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 5/29/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 5/28/2020
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0751) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0616)
- **2020-06-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 708
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 08/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe65ece1-c071-4dbc-8ca6-2e299a6aaffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).