---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, extends from 30 days to 40 days the period of advance notice that licensed child-placing agencies and licensed clinical social workers must provide the department before increasing fees charged to prospective adoptive parents. - Amends TCA Title 36."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, extends from 30 days to 40 days the period of advance notice that licensed child-placing agencies and licensed clinical social workers must provide the department before increasing fees charged to prospective adoptive parents. - Amends TCA Title 36."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2444"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2444 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper", "Shaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc86373b-55ec-4ede-ae23-c27e0e03cf92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2444&GA=110"
source_hash: "feca2f5060464661df664b6511d66c0a2b1182df65f200ac6fdded242c4c19dc"
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 2444 (110) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, extends from 30 days to 40 days the period of advance notice that licensed child-placing agencies and licensed clinical social workers must provide the department before increasing fees charged to prospective adoptive parents. - Amends TCA Title 36.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2444.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/7/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **98–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harper — primary (person)
- Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 758
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 758

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc86373b-55ec-4ede-ae23-c27e0e03cf92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).