Tennessee Senate Bill 617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 28 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-28 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 67
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities. - Amends TCA Title 37.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to the department of children's services.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]	Sen. Page Walley [R]	Sen. Heidi Campbell [D]	Sen. Edward Jackson [R]
Sen. Dawn White [R]	Sen. Jeff Yarbro [D]

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
2023-03-28		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 67
2023-03-13	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-13	Senate	Companion House Bill substituted
2023-03-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
2023-03-07	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2023-03-03	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
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
2023-02-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
2023-02-15	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-01-30	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-26	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1120 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-28 - Effective date(s) 01/01/2024

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0617&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0617.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0067.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0116.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0617.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0173.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0617&ga=113