---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption - As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 47 and Title 71."
description: "Adoption - As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 47 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 606"
citation: "Tennessee HB 606 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed75519-78c4-48f8-83b3-84b1912b4cfd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0606&GA=113"
source_hash: "2209ae7e9d3f9a70eb996d7c6d5d014ec2cf6e515e8a186fcbcf30d441253133"
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 606 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 47 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0305.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0261** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0261.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0606.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/21/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023 3/30/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2023 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
- **2023-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0305) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment
- **2023-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
- **2023-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn.
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-18** Pub. Ch. 361

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eed75519-78c4-48f8-83b3-84b1912b4cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).