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type: "Bill"
title: "Child Abuse - As enacted, requires that the district attorney for the judicial district in which a child was located, in addition to the appropriate legislative members, be given a copy of the report of the fatality or near fatality of: a child in the custody of the department; a child who is the subject of an investigation by the department; or a child whose fatality or near fatality resulted in an investigation into the safety of another child in the home; authorizes district attorney to communicate with the appropriate legislators about the report and its contents or about any other otherwise confidential information that legislators may have acquired. - Amends TCA Title 37."
description: "Child Abuse - As enacted, requires that the district attorney for the judicial district in which a child was located, in addition to the appropriate legislative members, be given a copy of the report of the fatality or near fatality of: a child in the custody of the department; a child who is the subject of an investigation by the department; or a child whose fatality or near fatality resulted in an investigation into the safety of another child in the home; authorizes district attorney to communicate with the appropriate legislators about the report and its contents or about any other otherwise confidential information that legislators may have acquired. - Amends TCA Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1403"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1403 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "DeBerry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdcb32a3-bc62-4ba8-85d5-0acc7c904de3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1403&GA=111"
source_hash: "87ca08780fc98b733665a7279cb66b49282cfb010f8d21e3755f2b1fe6f58d5c"
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 1403 (111) — Child Abuse - As enacted, requires that the district attorney for the judicial district in which a child was located, in addition to the appropriate legislative members, be given a copy of the report of the fatality or near fatality of: a child in the custody of the department; a child who is the subject of an investigation by the department; or a child whose fatality or near fatality resulted in an investigation into the safety of another child in the home; authorizes district attorney to communicate with the appropriate legislators about the report and its contents or about any other otherwise confidential information that legislators may have acquired. - Amends TCA Title 37.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0135.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0491.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0046.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0443.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1403.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **100** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2019 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- DeBerry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-26** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Families Subcommittee of Judiciary
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0443)
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0046)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0135) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0491) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 472
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/24/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdcb32a3-bc62-4ba8-85d5-0acc7c904de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).