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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2."
description: "Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Tennessee SB 262 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936eb46b-2055-43f4-bfb1-605124478061"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0262&ga=114"
source_hash: "4e1f7eb2876eff678e0a8d7b1f6fd9d84d5f62956a649dd0e73b189605c753eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 262 (114) — Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0262.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 420
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/936eb46b-2055-43f4-bfb1-605124478061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).