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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures, currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures, currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Tennessee SB 485 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e01c1de-d880-4faa-8165-5bac16354bf8"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0485&ga=114"
source_hash: "e6170b567302a5fdace6092df414e11b1600e4542e8d35bfa02b78d70405df2e"
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 485 (114) — Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures, currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - 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 HA0719** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0719.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0761** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0761.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0485.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0761)
- **2026-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0719) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 05/26/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 682
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e01c1de-d880-4faa-8165-5bac16354bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).