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Bill Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183. Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 HB 840 Tennessee HB 840 (110)
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1 33 3 2017-02-08 2017-05-11 openstates ocd-bill/d967b0e6-b8a1-4978-8e50-9981fc0aa789 http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0840&GA=110 c0688034186a4d6672e3801fe12b4cf1178be4485b61dd638caaacabad4fcd2b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee HB 840 (110) — Children - As enacted, amends the requirements for what is to be included in a petition filed in juvenile court; clarifies the requirement that a court conducting a termination of parental rights hearing admit evidence pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113; Section 37-1-120; Section 37-1-129 and Section 37-1-183.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • DeBerry — primary (person)
  • Norris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
  • 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
  • 2017-03-28 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
  • 2017-03-29 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
  • 2017-03-30 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
  • 2017-04-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2017-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
  • 2017-04-05 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-06 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2017-04-11 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
  • 2017-04-20 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017
  • 2017-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2017-04-26 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2017-04-26 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2017-04-26 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2017-04-26 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2017-04-27 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2017-04-27 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2017-04-27 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2017-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-05-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263
  • 2017-05-11 Pub. Ch. 263
  • 2017-05-11 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d967b0e6-b8a1-4978-8e50-9981fc0aa789. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).