republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-836.md

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Bill	Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.	Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 836	Tennessee HB 836 (111)	bill	Adoption	enacted	Rose Rudd	4	39	6	2019-02-05	2020-02-18	openstates	ocd-bill/14d7d055-b81d-4b65-83d6-1aba30964d16	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0836&GA=111	182f6e9d673284dd0fe3978b28d6157b5476b9cffc5b76fa35d7494c71a5a019	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 836 (111) — Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0123 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0402 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0466 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 Passed (3) — 16–8 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 67–22 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 1/14/2020 Passed (1) — 20–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rose — primary (person)
• Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 22, PNV 3 passage
• 2019-04-01 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0123) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-02 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-04-04 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Senate Reset on first calendar of 2020
• 2020-01-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/14/2020
• 2020-01-14 Passed Senate, Ayes 20, Nays 6 passage
• 2020-01-14 Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0466) amendment-deferral
• 2020-01-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0402)
• 2020-01-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2020-01-14 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2020-01-15 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-01-15 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2020-01-21 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2020-01-21 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-01-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-02-18 Pub. Ch. 514
• 2020-02-18 Effective date(s) 01/24/2020
• 2020-02-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 514

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14d7d055-b81d-4b65-83d6-1aba30964d16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).