Tennessee House Bill 557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Passed on April 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, expands the admissibility of a forensic interview to include statements made by a child under 18 years of age rather than under 13 years of age; expands admissible forensic interviews from statements made by a child describing sexual contact performed with or on the child by another to statements describing sexual or physically violent contact performed with or on the child by another or performed by a person with or on another and witnessed by the child; makes other changes relevant to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 37.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 37, relative to child forensic interviews.

Rep. Mary Littleton [R]	Rep. William Lamberth [R]	Rep. Paul Sherrell [R]	Rep. Kirk Haston [R]
Rep. Chris Todd [R]	Rep. William Slater [R]	Rep. Tom Leatherwood [R]	Rep. Rick Eldridge [R]
Rep. Rebecca Alexander [R]	Rep. Debra Moody [R]	Rep. Mark White [R]

2023-03-16 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-13 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
2023-04-18		Pub. Ch. 139
2023-04-06		Signed by Governor.
2023-03-27	House	Transmitted to Governor for his action.
2023-03-22	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-03-22	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-03-17	House	Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
2023-03-16	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
2023-03-16	Senate	Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0109)
2023-03-16	Senate	Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
2023-03-16	Senate	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2023-03-14	House	Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
2023-03-13	House	Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
2023-03-13	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-13	House	H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0103)
2023-03-09	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
2023-03-08	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
2023-03-07	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-01	House	Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/7/2023
2023-02-28	House	Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/7/2023
2023-02-27	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-22	House	Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023
2023-02-22	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-21	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-02-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
2023-02-14	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
2023-02-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
2023-02-02	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-25	House	Filed for introduction

SB0419 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 139

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0557&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0557.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0139.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0103.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0419.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0473.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0557&ga=113