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Bill Adoption - As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11. Adoption - As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 164 Tennessee HB 164 (113)
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Tennessee HB 164 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0307 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0193 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2023 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023 3/30/2023 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — 923 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — 291 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/21/2023 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023 3/30/2023 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Butler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-12 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-20 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2023-01-21 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-01-24 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2023-01-30 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
  • 2023-03-07 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-14 Reset on Final cal. of Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
  • 2023-04-03 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 3, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-04-03 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-03 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0307) amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-03 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-05 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-04-06 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1 passage
  • 2023-04-06 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0193)
  • 2023-04-06 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2023-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
  • 2023-05-02 Pub. Ch. 293

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d9e386e-ca75-4d7f-b4d7-a3040f21741c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).