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Committee adopts AOC amendment to standardize juvenile dependency and neglect data
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee moved Senate Bill 22-19, with an Administrative Office of the Courts amendment, to the calendar after hearing that the change will establish uniform definitions and reporting for dependency and neglect cases and take effect Jan. 1, 2027; AOC staff said data exported will be de‑identified and access-controlled.
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment placing statewide, uniform reporting requirements for dependency and neglect cases and moved Senate Bill 22-19 to the calendar as amended.
Sponsor Senator Hale said the amendment, offered by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), rewrites the bill to provide uniform definitions and a single reporting system for juvenile dependency and neglect cases. "This bill is a continuation of the state's long term effort to build a modern, consistent juvenile court data system across Tennessee," the sponsor said, noting an effective date of 01/01/2027 to allow implementation time.
Members raised privacy concerns; AOC representative Charlie Baldwin told the committee that Quest, the juvenile case management system, is access-restricted and that exported information is de-identified. "All the information that comes into Quest ... is private and only certain people can access it with certain ... logins," Baldwin said, adding that identifiers such as names and birth dates would not be included in exported data.
After committee discussion the amendment was adopted by voice vote and the bill, as amended, was reported to the calendar by unanimous roll call.
The committee did not take further action at the meeting; sponsors and AOC said the effective date is set to give courts and vendors time to implement the new reporting requirements.
