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

SB 693: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 693 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/21/2025
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  6. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
  7. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  8. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025
  9. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
  10. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025
  11. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
  12. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source