Tennessee · House Bill 22 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to interrogations of juveniles.

HB 22 Sponsored by Jesse Chism Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 3, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 12, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires an audiovisual recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent circumstances prevent the recording. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Every action

14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 6 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. HouseP2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
  4. CommitteeRef. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
  5. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2023 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  1. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  2. HouseAction Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
  3. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023 · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeRec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee · House Criminal Justice Committee
  5. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  6. HouseReset on Final cal. of Criminal Justice Committee
  7. CommitteePlaced on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023 · House Criminal Justice Committee
  8. HouseDef. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat.

All 2 cosponsors

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.