Tennessee · House Bill 461 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to parental rights.

HB 461 Sponsored by William Slater Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jan 25, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 1, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Adoption - As enacted, adds to the grounds upon which initiation of termination of parental or guardianship rights may be based that the parent has been confined in a correctional or detention facility of any type, by order of the court as a result of one or more criminal acts, under a sentence of six or more years, and one or more other grounds in current law exists. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Every action

20 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 12 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. CommitteeP2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee · House Civil Justice Committee
  4. CommitteeAssigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee · House Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/7/2023 · House Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
  6. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  7. CommitteeRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee · House Civil Justice Committee
  8. CommitteePlaced on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/15/2023 · House Civil Justice Committee
  9. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  10. CommitteeRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  11. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  12. CommitteePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023 · House Calendar & Rules Committee
  1. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
  2. HouseReset on next avail. cal.
  3. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
  4. HouseSponsor(s) Added.
  5. HouseReset on cal. for 4/10/2023
  6. HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
  7. HouseComp. SB subst.
  8. GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 219

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.

All 5 cosponsors

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.