Tennessee House Bill 1120 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: Passed on March 28 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-28 - Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
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.

Rep. Lowell Russell [R]	Rep. John Gillespie [R]	Rep. Mary Littleton [R]	Rep. Susan Lynn [R]
Rep. Rick Eldridge [R]	Rep. Tom Leatherwood [R]	Rep. Karen Camper [D]	Rep. John Ragan [R]
Rep. Mark White [R]	Rep. Johnny Garrett [R]	Rep. Harold Love [D]	Rep. Bill Beck [D]
Rep. Larry Miller [D]

2023-03-13 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-06 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-28		Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
2023-03-28		Pub. Ch. 67
2023-03-23		Signed by Governor.
2023-03-15	House	Transmitted to Governor for his action.
2023-03-15	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2023-03-15	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2023-03-15	House	Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
2023-03-13	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
2023-03-13	Senate	Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0116)
2023-03-13	Senate	Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
2023-03-09	Senate	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2023-03-07	House	Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
2023-03-06	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-06	House	Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0
2023-03-06	House	H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0066)
2023-03-02	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
2023-03-01	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
2023-03-01	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-02-22	House	Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/1/2023
2023-02-21	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-02-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
2023-02-14	House	Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
2023-02-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
2023-02-07	House	Sponsor change.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB0617 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-28 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 67

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1120&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1120.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0067.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0066.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=HB1120&ga=113