---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1005"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1005 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853551d1-008d-489a-b978-50134fb066d1"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1005&ga=114"
source_hash: "a57a946913642318af7e7930c4c0d9143f516117f47c220282f721cfd8548d1a"
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 1005 (114) — Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0379.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1005.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (2) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/18/2025 Passed (3) — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0379) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0379) `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 386

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/853551d1-008d-489a-b978-50134fb066d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).