republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-867.md

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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	SB 867	Tennessee SB 867 (112)	bill	Children	enacted	Crawford Lundberg	3	42	6	2021-02-10	2021-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5c72fcf6-645f-43d5-a84e-ccde687b4e13	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0867&GA=112	7f8a716cd3f20da764b1969fdd0560c15f6feafa3fc26e3b185fe82189287b7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 867 (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 — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/7/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · 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 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 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
• 2021-04-06 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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
• 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
• 2021-04-13 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 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-04-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-05-03 Companion House Bill substituted
• 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.
• 2021-05-04 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 568
• 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 568

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c72fcf6-645f-43d5-a84e-ccde687b4e13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).