republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2644.md

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Bill	Adoption - As enacted, makes various changes to present law on adoption and foster parents. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.	Adoption - As enacted, makes various changes to present law on adoption and foster parents. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2644	Tennessee HB 2644 (113)	bill	Adoption	enacted	Leatherwood	3	30	4	2024-01-31	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e98ac783-eaf6-437f-9370-530ddf08617d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2644&GA=113	681e467c57b5ccae8ff17c2b4b05e9cdf2b006f63c76ce19595c7cad4887e548	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2644 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, makes various changes to present law on adoption and foster parents. - 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 HA0984 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0543 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — 75–17 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — 24–3 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024 4/11/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Leatherwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-05 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-19 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2024
• 2024-04-02 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/9/2024
• 2024-04-03 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
• 2024-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024
• 2024-04-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-04-16 Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 17, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-16 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0984) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-17 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0543)
• 2024-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-29 Pub. Ch. 996

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e98ac783-eaf6-437f-9370-530ddf08617d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).