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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
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description: "Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 2081"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 2081 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Littleton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f27ab004-a50a-49f4-a7ad-4b60ae38b9d2"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2081&ga=114"
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source_hash: "5352bc0e87d4367efd9b1441f0febc0da1de6f21b5fefe18795aaf14681d0031"
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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 2081 (114) — Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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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 HA0992** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0992.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0910.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2081.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (2) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (7) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **86–2** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2026 Passed (5) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (6) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Littleton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026
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- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
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- **2026-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
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- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
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- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
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- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
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- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
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- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
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- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0992) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0910)
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- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027
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- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1003
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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/f27ab004-a50a-49f4-a7ad-4b60ae38b9d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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