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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
+description: "Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 389"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 389 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adoption"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Yager"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a249dac-f8c0-409c-b8b8-e7deae183e1c"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0389&GA=112"
+source_hash: "dfcaa4088bf1fa122460ae9607d8384fdd637f46e6f3b320df8f0db042a46cd4"
+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 HB 389 (112) — Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0119.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0025.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0389.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/2/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Littleton — primary (person)
+- Yager — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
+- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/11/2021
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
+- **2021-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-03-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0025)
+- **2021-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
+- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
+- **2021-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0119) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 163
+- **2021-04-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
+- **2021-04-30** Pub. Ch. 163
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a249dac-f8c0-409c-b8b8-e7deae183e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+