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type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1."
description: "Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1304"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1304 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Rudd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2020-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e80c5a-0a8e-4d93-acbd-2635d2ebf31d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1304&GA=111"
source_hash: "5eab35981452ec4980442268a424b65b4a2592f3e60a00df8f7c50ecba024957"
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 1304 (111) — Adoption - As enacted, prohibits, to the extent allowed by federal law, a private licensed child-placing agency from being required to perform, assist, consent to, refer, or participate in any child placement for foster care or adoption that would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0123.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0402.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0466.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1304.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 1/14/2020 Passed — **206** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 Passed — **168** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (1) — **62** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **6722** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 22, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0123) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Senate Reset on first calendar of 2020
- **2020-01-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/14/2020
- **2020-01-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-01-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 20, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2020-01-14** Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0466) `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-01-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0402)
- **2020-01-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-01-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-01-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-01-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-01-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 514
- **2020-02-18** Pub. Ch. 514
- **2020-02-18** Effective date(s) 01/24/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e80c5a-0a8e-4d93-acbd-2635d2ebf31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).