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

What it does

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

Adoption - As enacted, changes the time period during which the Tennessee putative father registry must have been consulted prior to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights from 10 days to 10 working days; requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem in an adoption involving a mentally disabled child when the child is 14 years of age or older at any time before the granting of the petition rather than at any age. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Every action

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

1. Mar 28, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
2. Mar 28, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023 · Senate Judiciary Committee
3. Mar 29, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
4. Mar 29, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023 · Senate Judiciary Committee
5. Apr 4, 2023CommitteeRecommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee · Senate Calendar Committee
6. Apr 13, 2023SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
7. Apr 17, 2023SenateCompanion House Bill substituted
8. May 18, 2023GovernorComp. became Pub. Ch. 363

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• PR Paul RoseR Primary sponsor · District 32