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Bill Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68. Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1779 Tennessee SB 1779 (112)
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Tennessee SB 1779 (112) — Paternity - As enacted, removes the five-year statute of limitations for challenging a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact; specifies, in regard to the provision whereby a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0774 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0531 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/10/2022 Passed — 284 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Bell 3/10/2022 Passed — 283 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (1) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — 6917 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lundberg — primary (person)
  • Parkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-19 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-20 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-01-24 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 P1C.
  • 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-08 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-10 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 4 passage
  • 2022-03-10 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0531)
  • 2022-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
  • 2022-03-31 Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 2 passage
  • 2022-03-31 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0774) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-31 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Pub. Ch. 863
  • 2022-04-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 863

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be850f2a-d558-436b-ba71-343aab857f62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).