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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1."
+description: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 314"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 314 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Yarbro"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2025-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79af54af-5d7c-4a1c-9a6d-7c30d109cc21"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0314&ga=114"
+source_hash: "b4a240bf2e9167749d5136caee46e18cf9db09756fca54a46af9cf19fdb636ed"
+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 314 (114) — Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0314.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Yarbro — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
+- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
+- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
+- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 163
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79af54af-5d7c-4a1c-9a6d-7c30d109cc21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+