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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4."
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description: "Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 1676"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1676 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/125ff778-b79c-4aca-9a53-6f191b7aabd5"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1676&GA=113"
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source_hash: "2fdf97a5a716ecf7b0d904d8b9d08b8e20ab5a79c59ccdbe6cd11439abd32c7e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 1676 (113) — Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0593** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0593.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0592** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0592.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1676.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **87–2** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed — **87–2** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/20/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamberth — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
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- **2024-02-06** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
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- **2024-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/28/2024
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- **2024-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
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- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
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- **2024-03-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 4 `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0593) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0592)
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- **2024-03-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2024-03-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
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- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 613
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/125ff778-b79c-4aca-9a53-6f191b7aabd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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