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SB0374 • 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
Rose, Littleton
Last action
2025-04-21
Official status
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 1
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 how well current facilities meet the needs of juveniles there.
  • Department must report its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

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

Terms To Know

Grand Division
A large area within a state, used for administrative purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after the report is submitted.
  • It's unclear if or when construction of a new facility might start based on this study.

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: The amendment requires the Tennessee Department to start construction by January 1, 2026, on a new facility in the western part of the state for housing children awaiting adjudication for delinquency or unruliness.

  • Adds a requirement for the department to begin building a new juvenile detention facility by January 1, 2026.
  • Specifies that this new facility must be located in the western grand division of Tennessee.
  • 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.

  • Adds a requirement for a study committee to be formed to plan for a new juvenile detention facility in the western part of Tennessee.
  • Specifies that the committee will include sheriffs, judges, and legislators from the western grand division of Tennessee.
  • Sets a deadline of January 1, 2026, for the committee to submit recommendations on the location, capacity, and operator of the new facility.
  • The amendment does not specify how the study committee will be funded or what happens after their recommendations are submitted.
Amendment 3-0 to SB0374

Plain English: The amendment removes existing subsection (c) in SECTION 1 of SB0374 and replaces it with new rules about how members of a study committee can participate electronically without receiving compensation.

  • Members of the study committee will not receive any payment or travel expenses for their work on the committee.
  • Legislators who are part of the general assembly must join meetings electronically, allowing them to hear and speak with other members during the meeting.
  • The amendment does not specify how 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

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

  5. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

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

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

  8. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  22. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  23. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  24. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  25. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  27. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  28. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  29. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  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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HOUSE BILL 1358
By Littleton

SENATE BILL 374
By Rose

SB0374
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.