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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 179

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 992

 By Haile, Johnson; Mr. Speaker McNally; Stevens, Gardenhire, Reeves, Rose, Watson, White

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1038

     By Garrett, Lamberth, Sherrell, Davis, Garringer, Farmer, Todd, Hardaway, Littleton, Cepicky

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37, relative to
         juvenile courts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16~3-803(h), is amended by deleting the
language "circuit and juvenile courts" and substituting "and circuit courts".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-3-822, is amended by adding the
following language as a new subsection (b) and redesignating the subsequent subsection accordingly:

                    (b) Pursuant to the requirements of § 37-1-187, the AOC must maintain a criminal
          justice information services (CJIS) compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management
          system that will be integrated into the system developed pursuant to subsection (a). The
          juvenile case management system must be made available to all juvenile court clerks, and the
          clerks must adopt and convert to the new system on a schedule to be determined in
          consultation with the AOC.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 18-1-105, is amended by adding the
following language as a new subdivision (d)(3) and renumbering the subsequent subdivisions
accordingly:

                    (3) Each juvenile court and juvenile court clerk shall use the statewide juvenile case
          management system designated by the AOC pursuant to§ 16-3-822(b).

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-187, is amended by deleting
subsection (d) and substituting:

                    (d) Each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, shall,
          each month, within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the
          administrative office· of the courts, report to the administrative office of the courts the following
          information:

          SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-153, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (g)(1) Notwithstanding this section or another law to the contrary, all files and juvenile
                    court records in a delinquency proceeding under this part, including medical reports,
                    psychological evaluations, and any other document, relating to a person must be
                    opened to public inspection and their content subject to disclosure to the public if:

                                        (A) The person has committed a homicide on the grounds of a school,
                              as defined in § 39-13-114(a); provided, however, that this subdivision (g)(1)
                              does not require the person to have been adjudicated delinquent· for or
                              convicted of a homicide offense in order for the person's records to be open to
                              public inspection; and

                                        (B) The person is deceased.
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                              (2) Any information in a file or juvenile court record that directly or indirectly

                    identifies another juvenile must be redacted.
          SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

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         SENATE BILL NO. 992

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

                                                RANDYl!cNALLY
                                   SPEAKER OF THI! SENA TE

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                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

I APPROVED this l(ft. day of Apr;           2025

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                        BILL LEE, GOVERNOR