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Bill Children - As enacted, enacts "Eli's Law," which creates a presumption that any child born to a parent, from whose custody a child has previously been removed for being dependent or neglected and the child who was previously removed is in the custody of the department of children's services, may be dependent or neglected and that it is in the best interest of both children that the child's birth be brought to the court's attention; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Children - As enacted, enacts "Eli's Law," which creates a presumption that any child born to a parent, from whose custody a child has previously been removed for being dependent or neglected and the child who was previously removed is in the custody of the department of children's services, may be dependent or neglected and that it is in the best interest of both children that the child's birth be brought to the court's attention; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 1377 Tennessee HB 1377 (112)
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Tennessee HB 1377 (112) — Children - As enacted, enacts "Eli's Law," which creates a presumption that any child born to a parent, from whose custody a child has previously been removed for being dependent or neglected and the child who was previously removed is in the custody of the department of children's services, may be dependent or neglected and that it is in the best interest of both children that the child's birth be brought to the court's attention; enacts other related provisions. - 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 HA0309 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0327 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — 70 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/7/2021 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 280 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Crawford — primary (person)
  • Lundberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-25 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-01 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 4/7/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
  • 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
  • 2021-04-26 Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-04-28 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-28 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0309) amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-05-03 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0327)
  • 2021-05-03 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-05-03 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2021-05-11 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 568
  • 2021-06-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 568

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffc531ff-0786-46cd-b7ee-8f2015ff2ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).