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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "Tennessee SB 314 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79af54af-5d7c-4a1c-9a6d-7c30d109cc21"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0314&ga=114"
source_hash: "b4a240bf2e9167749d5136caee46e18cf9db09756fca54a46af9cf19fdb636ed"
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 314 (114) — Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1.
## 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/SB0314.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Yarbro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government 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.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 163
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79af54af-5d7c-4a1c-9a6d-7c30d109cc21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).