---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, require the department to file a petition of termination of adoptive parent's parental rights with a juvenile court, within 90 days of the juvenile courts finding that there has been substantial noncompliance by a parent or guardian with the statement of responsibilities in a permanency plan. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, require the department to file a petition of termination of adoptive parent's parental rights with a juvenile court, within 90 days of the juvenile courts finding that there has been substantial noncompliance by a parent or guardian with the statement of responsibilities in a permanency plan. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2660"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2660 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3be2d29-2c5b-4cd5-bcc2-9b27de2f4cc4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2660&GA=113"
source_hash: "a56a3f5cf7ffc19a01eef96e7e2762086850c083c4396a11f2d876c11bfe775d"
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 2660 (113) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, require the department to file a petition of termination of adoptive parent's parental rights with a juvenile court, within 90 days of the juvenile courts finding that there has been substantial noncompliance by a parent or guardian with the statement of responsibilities in a permanency plan. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0693.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0544** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0544.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2660.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **66–22** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 2/20/2024 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0544)
- **2024-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 22, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0693) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-08** Pub. Ch. 652

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3be2d29-2c5b-4cd5-bcc2-9b27de2f4cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).