SB1497 — Evidence - As introduced, allows an out-of-court statement made by a child who is under 12 years of age at the time of a trial or hearing describing any sexual act performed by, with, or on the child or describing any act of physical violence directed against the child, be admitted into evidence under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40, Chapter 17.

SB1497 — Evidence - As introduced, allows an out-of-court statement made by a child who is under 12 years of age at the time of a trial or hearing describing any sexual act performed by, with, or on the child or describing any act of physical violence directed against the child, be admitted into evidence under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 40, Chapter 17. · Informed CitizenrySB1497 amends the Tennessee Code to allow out-of-court statements made by children under 12 years of age to be admitted as evidence in trials or hearings, even if they would otherwise be excluded a…Open in Informed Citizenry