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HB1358 • 2026

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to juvenile detention facilities.

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Sponsor
Littleton, Rose
Last action
2025-04-22
Official status
Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Study for New Juvenile Detention Facility

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Children's Services to study the need for a new juvenile detention facility in the western part of the state and report its findings by January 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the department to study if a new juvenile detention facility is needed in the west of Tennessee.
  • The study must look at the needs for detaining and treating young people who break laws there.
  • After studying, the department has to tell two groups about what it found: one group in the Senate and another in the House.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tennessee Department of Children's Services
  • Juveniles in the western part of Tennessee

Terms To Know

juvenile detention facility
A place where young people who break laws are kept until a judge decides what to do with them.
grand division
One of three large areas in Tennessee that help decide how the state is run and divided for government purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify who will be affected by any new facility.
  • It's unclear what actions might come after the report is made.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1358

Plain English: The amendment requires the Tennessee Department to start building a new facility by January 1, 2026, to house children in western Tennessee who are being held while waiting for their court hearings.

  • Adds a requirement for the construction of a new juvenile detention facility in the western part of Tennessee by January 1, 2026.
  • The amendment does not specify details about the size or capacity of the new facility.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0374

Plain English: This amendment requires the Tennessee Department to start building a new facility by January 1, 2026, for children who are being held while waiting for their court hearings in the western part of the state.

  • Adds a requirement for the construction of a new juvenile detention facility in the western part of Tennessee by January 1, 2026.
  • The amendment does not specify details about the size or capacity of the new facility.
Amendment 2-0 to SB0374

Plain English: The amendment requires the creation of a study committee by July 1, 2025, to plan for and recommend the building of a juvenile detention facility in western Tennessee.

  • A new study committee will be formed to plan for a juvenile detention facility in the western part of Tennessee.
  • The committee must include sheriffs, judges, and legislators from the western grand division of Tennessee.
  • By January 1, 2026, the committee must submit recommendations on where to build the facility, how many beds it should have, and who should run it.
  • The amendment does not specify what happens after the study committee submits its recommendations.
  • It is unclear if there are any existing plans or facilities in western Tennessee that this amendment would replace or build upon.
Amendment 3-0 to SB0374

Plain English: The amendment changes how members of a study committee for juvenile detention facilities can receive compensation and participate in meetings.

  • Members of the study committee will not get paid or reimbursed for expenses related to their work on the committee.
  • Legislators who are part of the study committee must join meetings electronically, allowing them to hear and speak with other members during the meeting.
  • The amendment does not specify how the electronic participation will be implemented or what technology will be used.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 2026

  2. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/22/2025

  3. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  4. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/22/2025

  5. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 1

  6. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  7. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  8. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  9. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  10. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  11. 2025-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  12. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  13. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  14. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025

  15. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025

  16. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  17. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  18. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  19. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  20. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2

  21. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  22. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  23. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  24. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  25. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  27. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  28. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  29. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  30. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  31. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  32. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 374
By Rose

HOUSE BILL 1358
By Littleton

HB1358
001280
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9;
Title 12; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40,
relative to juvenile detention facilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. The department of children's services shall study the need for a new
juvenile detention facility to be constructed in the western grand division of this state that would
serve the detention and treatment needs of juveniles in that grand division. The department
shall report its findings and recommendations to the judiciary committee of the senate and the
committee having jurisdiction over criminal justice in the house of representatives on or before
January 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.