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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: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37."
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description: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37."
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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 2355"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2355 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Juvenile"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90e569f-0215-4856-ad20-a7ab21da81b9"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2355&ga=114"
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source_hash: "85ea6e1cbdcba998b6263e3c9e115512a9a28c2e3ff8cecb90263d534ff76079"
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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 2355 (114) — Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37.
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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 HA0862** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0862.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0517.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2355.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 2/24/2026 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Massey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
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- **2026-02-17** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/24/2026
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
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- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2026
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- **2026-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0517)
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- **2026-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2026-04-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0862) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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- **2026-04-29** Pub. Ch. 810
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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/b90e569f-0215-4856-ad20-a7ab21da81b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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