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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255."
description: "Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2629"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2629 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50245acf-fb2d-4aa7-a8b7-b6701aa64a2c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2629&GA=111"
source_hash: "3c33b7424f6fd8600d320c3b039a867f4a71acafa5a7927a9a76eb7e3c83c587"
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 2629 (111) — Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2629.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020 5/29/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **282** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/3/2020 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/26/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/4/2020 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 5/26/2020
- **2020-05-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-03** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 684
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/15/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 684
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50245acf-fb2d-4aa7-a8b7-b6701aa64a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).