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type: "Bill"
title: "DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Ethan's, Hailey's, and Bentley's Law,\" which requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and in which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
description: "DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts \"Ethan's, Hailey's, and Bentley's Law,\" which requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and in which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1834"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1834 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DUI Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d98cd02-e830-4f11-b50d-4a71f406e1e4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1834&GA=112"
source_hash: "44c520e0d772d9aa7a6127d4d3caaa61cdc86e0c10b504537cb6d2122bae3214"
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 1834 (112) — DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Ethan's, Hailey's, and Bentley's Law," which requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and in which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 years of age and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0516** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0516.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0900** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0900.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0923** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0923.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1834.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/16/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (2) — **930** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2022 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2022 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/9/2022 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0516) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0900)
- **2022-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0923)
- **2022-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-21** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/22
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1834
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1056
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1056
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d98cd02-e830-4f11-b50d-4a71f406e1e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).