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Bill Adoption - As enacted, adds to the grounds upon which initiation of termination of parental or guardianship rights may be based that the parent has been confined in a correctional or detention facility of any type, by order of the court as a result of one or more criminal acts, under a sentence of six or more years, and one or more other grounds in current law exists. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Adoption - As enacted, adds to the grounds upon which initiation of termination of parental or guardianship rights may be based that the parent has been confined in a correctional or detention facility of any type, by order of the court as a result of one or more criminal acts, under a sentence of six or more years, and one or more other grounds in current law exists. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 537 Tennessee SB 537 (113)
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Tennessee SB 537 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, adds to the grounds upon which initiation of termination of parental or guardianship rights may be based that the parent has been confined in a correctional or detention facility of any type, by order of the court as a result of one or more criminal acts, under a sentence of six or more years, and one or more other grounds in current law exists. - 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 HA0165 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0362 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — 247 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — 7715 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/28/2023 Passed (2) — 72 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Haile — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-26 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
  • 2023-01-31 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-07 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
  • 2023-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-28 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2023-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
  • 2023-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-04-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 7 passage
  • 2023-04-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0362)
  • 2023-04-10 Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 15, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-04-10 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0165) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2023-04-10 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-04-11 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-04-12 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-12 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-13 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
  • 2023-05-03 Pub. Ch. 219

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a79310b8-c561-4829-ad1a-41a26b7e0ac3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).