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Bill Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 270 Tennessee SB 270 (112)
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Tennessee SB 270 (112) — Adoption - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to require a person receiving financial assistance for adoption from the department to provide verification from the adopted child's current medical or mental health professional provider or verification of full-time school enrollment from the school the child attends. - 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 HA0119 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0025 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2021 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/2/2021 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/17/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Littleton — primary (person)
  • Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-21 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
  • 2021-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/11/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
  • 2021-03-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-03-11 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-03-11 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0025)
  • 2021-03-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
  • 2021-04-05 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-05 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0119) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-04-05 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-05 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-07 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-04-07 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-09 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-04-30 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-04-30 Pub. Ch. 163
  • 2021-04-30 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 163

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8710c3bb-3102-45d4-9bb0-44841244ca16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).