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Bill Adoption - As enacted, changes the time period during which the Tennessee putative father registry must have been consulted prior to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights from 10 days to 10 working days; requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem in an adoption involving a mentally disabled child when the child is 14 years of age or older at any time before the granting of the petition rather than at any age. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Adoption - As enacted, changes the time period during which the Tennessee putative father registry must have been consulted prior to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights from 10 days to 10 working days; requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem in an adoption involving a mentally disabled child when the child is 14 years of age or older at any time before the granting of the petition rather than at any age. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 855 Tennessee HB 855 (113)
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1 23 5 2023-01-30 2023-05-18 openstates ocd-bill/8509c022-70a2-49e9-b560-be11226081d1 http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0855&GA=113 5715620a0836a90d8d40fee6298c778e16369cfa10671faa2cb0c9e88983b3da 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee HB 855 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, changes the time period during which the Tennessee putative father registry must have been consulted prior to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights from 10 days to 10 working days; requires the appointment of a guardian ad litem in an adoption involving a mentally disabled child when the child is 14 years of age or older at any time before the granting of the petition rather than at any age. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — 273 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/7/2023 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2023 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Leatherwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2023-02-02 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2023-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
  • 2023-03-07 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-08 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/15/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-16 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
  • 2023-03-20 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-03-20 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2023-03-23 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-04-17 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-17 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2023-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2023-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-28 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-05 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
  • 2023-05-18 Pub. Ch. 363

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8509c022-70a2-49e9-b560-be11226081d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).