republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-723.md

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Bill	Adoption - As enacted, removes the adoption contact veto registry and revises other provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Section 68-3-313.	Adoption - As enacted, removes the adoption contact veto registry and revises other provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Section 68-3-313.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 723	Tennessee SB 723 (112)	bill	Adoption	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	1	41	8	2021-01-05	2021-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d3a4fced-8aba-45bf-97ef-c97cbb134e30	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0723&GA=112	2cdc358253dbadb0a8ab5ea2e1c164035556e5d7d7683bcd9a836c40abf6c4ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 723 (112) — Adoption - As enacted, removes the adoption contact veto registry and revises other provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Section 68-3-313.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/1/2021 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: 2/24/2021 Failed — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-05 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-01-13 Ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 P2C held on desk.
• 2021-01-27 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/17/2021
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-17 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
• 2021-02-17 Meeting Canceled
• 2021-02-18 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/23/2021
• 2021-02-23 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-02-24 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
• 2021-02-24 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/1/2021
• 2021-03-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-03 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-25 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-03-25 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-26 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-03-29 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-03-30 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-04-12 Effective date(s) 04/07/2021; 07/01/2022
• 2021-04-12 Pub. Ch. 101
• 2021-04-12 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 101

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3a4fced-8aba-45bf-97ef-c97cbb134e30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).