republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2476.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that if an anonymous report of harm is made to the department, a juvenile court must not order the parents or person responsible for the care of the child, or the person in charge of any place where the child may be, to allow the department entrance for purposes of interview, examination, and investigation unless the department has presented evidence corroborating the anonymous report of harm. - Amends TCA Title 37."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that if an anonymous report of harm is made to the department, a juvenile court must not order the parents or person responsible for the care of the child, or the person in charge of any place where the child may be, to allow the department entrance for purposes of interview, examination, and investigation unless the department has presented evidence corroborating the anonymous report of harm. - Amends TCA Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2476"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2476 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Doggett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/222bc331-c05b-42d7-867b-e01e802062da"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2476&GA=112"
source_hash: "629d703eb45ff5f115830026a481d2effe63b41885fa84779ef9cb3cd9d830c2"
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 2476 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that if an anonymous report of harm is made to the department, a juvenile court must not order the parents or person responsible for the care of the child, or the person in charge of any place where the child may be, to allow the department entrance for purposes of interview, examination, and investigation unless the department has presented evidence corroborating the anonymous report of harm. - Amends TCA Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2476.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2022 Passed (1) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **82–4** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Doggett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 849
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/20/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 849

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/222bc331-c05b-42d7-867b-e01e802062da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).