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

What it does

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

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing to allow case managers to have no more than 20 open cases, rather than an average of 20 active cases; states that a "person residing in the child's home" includes a person living in a residential setting with a child who is in the custody of the department for purposes of reporting, investigating, and treating child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Every action

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

1. Mar 7, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023 · Senate Judiciary Committee
2. Mar 13, 2023SenateSponsor(s) Added.
3. Mar 13, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
4. Mar 14, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2023 · Senate Judiciary Committee
5. Mar 14, 2023CommitteeRecommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 · Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
6. Apr 13, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2023 · Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
7. Apr 11, 2024CommitteePlaced on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2024 · Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
8. Apr 19, 2024CommitteePlaced on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024 · Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats.

• FH Ferrell HaileR Primary sponsor · District 18