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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption - As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be a public record when 100 years have elapsed since the date the adoption was finalized; makes various other changes in regard to termination of parental rights and adoption. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68."
+description: "Adoption - As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be a public record when 100 years have elapsed since the date the adoption was finalized; makes various other changes in regard to termination of parental rights and adoption. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2056"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2056 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adoption"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Leatherwood"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-01-27"
+last_action: "2022-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eca82037-3fc3-448b-bb85-181d38f78525"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2056&GA=112"
+source_hash: "387e480df044a0708afbe438ca058b8351a10233326bb19a8740baf977a79873"
+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 2056 (112) — Adoption - As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be a public record when 100 years have elapsed since the date the adoption was finalized; makes various other changes in regard to termination of parental rights and adoption. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0628** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0628.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0536.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0583** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0583.pdf)
+4. **Amendment SA0724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0724.pdf)
+5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2056.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 3 4/7/2022 Passed — **76–7** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/2/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Leatherwood — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
+- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-10** Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0628) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-31** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0724)
+- **2022-03-31** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0583)
+- **2022-03-31** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0536)
+- **2022-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/7/22
+- **2022-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-07** H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 Ayes 76, Nays 7 PNV 0 HB2070
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 937
+- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 937
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eca82037-3fc3-448b-bb85-181d38f78525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+