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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183."
+description: "Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 1252"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1252 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Norris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32180da1-695b-44cd-a963-31b0e644b004"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1252&GA=110"
+source_hash: "f044b0ec08c522f52c59e9ba7ea905c54742d16a1d3f7e9f68ce6f6c13decff2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1252 (110) — Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1252.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2017 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeBerry — primary (person)
+- Norris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
+- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017
+- **2017-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 263
+- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32180da1-695b-44cd-a963-31b0e644b004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+