---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68."
description: "Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1779"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1779 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paternity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Parkinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be850f2a-d558-436b-ba71-343aab857f62"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1779&GA=112"
source_hash: "921cd59ca5447fd4d31429c8b9a4ee31cb7c65418371c1c9d2beedf61785c404"
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 1779 (112) — Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0774** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0774.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0531.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1779.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/10/2022 Passed — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Bell 3/10/2022 Passed — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (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 3/1/2022 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **69–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **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
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0531)
- **2022-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0774) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-31** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 863
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 863

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be850f2a-d558-436b-ba71-343aab857f62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).