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Bill Foster Care - As enacted, requires a foster care agency to provide a child in foster care with contact information for each sibling who is also in foster care and who is not placed in the same home as the child if maintaining contact with the sibling is in the best interests of each sibling. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4 and Title 37, Chapter 5. Foster Care - As enacted, requires a foster care agency to provide a child in foster care with contact information for each sibling who is also in foster care and who is not placed in the same home as the child if maintaining contact with the sibling is in the best interests of each sibling. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4 and Title 37, Chapter 5. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 644 Tennessee SB 644 (112)
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Tennessee SB 644 (112) — Foster Care - As enacted, requires a foster care agency to provide a child in foster care with contact information for each sibling who is also in foster care and who is not placed in the same home as the child if maintaining contact with the sibling is in the best interests of each sibling. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4 and Title 37, Chapter 5.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0118 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0376 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/17/2021 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Harris — primary (person)
  • Robinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
  • 2021-04-05 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-05 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0118) amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 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
  • 2021-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-04-07 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/29/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Senate Reset on calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-05-04 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-05-04 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0376)
  • 2021-05-04 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-05-05 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 567
  • 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 567

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/183c810b-19b8-4395-8502-454692a4d9aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).