Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 532: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires a person who employs an unemancipated minor and who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the minor has been subjected to child sexual abuse or attempted child sexual abuse in the course of the minor’s employment or on the premises of the employer to report such knowledge or suspicion to the minor’s parent within 24 hours of discovering the abuse or attempted abuse; imposes a penalty of $1,000 for a first violation or $2,000 for a second or subsequent violation, to be paid to the commissioner of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 50.

In committee Last action March 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 532 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires a person who employs an unemancipated minor and who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the minor has been subjected to child sexual abuse or attempted child sexual abuse in the course of the minor’s employment or on the premises of the employer to report such knowledge or suspicion to the minor’s parent within 24 hours of discovering the abuse or attempted abuse; imposes a penalty of $1,000 for a first violation or $2,000 for a second or subsequent violation, to be paid to the commissioner of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 50. Primary sponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 19, 2025): Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican).