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

SB 1241: Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.

Enacted Last action May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 398

Plain-language summary

SB 1241 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39. Primary sponsor: Ed Jackson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Pub. Ch. 398.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Ed Jackson (Republican).