republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2629.md

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Bill	Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.	Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 2629	Tennessee SB 2629 (111)	bill	Children	enacted	Littleton White	1	34	6	2020-02-04	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/50245acf-fb2d-4aa7-a8b7-b6701aa64a2c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2629&GA=111	3c33b7424f6fd8600d320c3b039a867f4a71acafa5a7927a9a76eb7e3c83c587	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2629 (111) — Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 5/29/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/3/2020 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/26/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/4/2020 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Littleton — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-05 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-02-06 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-10 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-18 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2 passage
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-02-26 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
• 2020-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-04 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-11 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2020
• 2020-03-18 Meeting Canceled
• 2020-05-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 5/26/2020
• 2020-05-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-05-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
• 2020-05-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020
• 2020-06-03 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-03 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-03 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 684
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/15/2020
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 684

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50245acf-fb2d-4aa7-a8b7-b6701aa64a2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).