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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39."
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description: "Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39."
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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: "SB 1241"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1241 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Child Abuse"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15773dff-9099-4ef8-aba3-2cc84adeb15e"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1241&ga=114"
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source_hash: "1fec7b2edfb8472ddd9f6546f129a09bb8a038a93b202a3e6ae7608dc90f1858"
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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 SB 1241 (114) — Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.
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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 HA0335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0335.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0359.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1241.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2025 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025
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- **2025-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
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- **2025-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025
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- **2025-04-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025
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- **2025-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0359)
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- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0335) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
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- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 398
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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/15773dff-9099-4ef8-aba3-2cc84adeb15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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