Children's Services, Dept. of - 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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Signed Mar 23, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2023 · House Mar 6, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Mar 13, 2023
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 23, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0066)
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
lower
Feb 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/1/2023
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
lower
Feb 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lowell Russell
RRepublican
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