republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2582.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Abuse - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to submit the contact information of the LEA's or public charter school's child abuse coordinator and alternative child abuse coordinator to the department of children's services at the beginning of each school year; authorizes a person to report directly to the department and law enforcement when alleged child abuse involves someone who is affiliated with the school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1601."
description: "Child Abuse - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to submit the contact information of the LEA's or public charter school's child abuse coordinator and alternative child abuse coordinator to the department of children's services at the beginning of each school year; authorizes a person to report directly to the department and law enforcement when alleged child abuse involves someone who is affiliated with the school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1601."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2582"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2582 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a73c1903-bacf-4f19-b5b1-3abf9428f42e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2582&GA=112"
source_hash: "4530eff60e4d4ff01f13e14a0fabb12e1c2cdb7ef4f1e5bc07959e50724232ea"
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 2582 (112) — Child Abuse - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to submit the contact information of the LEA's or public charter school's child abuse coordinator and alternative child abuse coordinator to the department of children's services at the beginning of each school year; authorizes a person to report directly to the department and law enforcement when alleged child abuse involves someone who is affiliated with the school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1601.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0644.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0497.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2582.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/16/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0497)
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0644) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 781

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a73c1903-bacf-4f19-b5b1-3abf9428f42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).