Tennessee Senate Bill 419 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 139
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.

Sen. Ferrell Haile [R]	Sen. Page Walley [R]	Sen. Edward Jackson [R]	Sen. Becky Massey [R]
Sen. Paul Rose [R]

2023-03-07 - Senate - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 139
2023-03-16	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-16	Senate	Companion House Bill substituted
2023-03-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2023-03-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
2023-02-28	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/7/2023
2023-02-23	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
2023-02-21	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2023
2023-02-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
2023-02-14	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/21/2023
2023-02-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
2023-01-26	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-01-25	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-24	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0557 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-18 - Effective date(s) 04/06/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0419&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0419.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0139.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0109.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=SB0419&ga=113