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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, requires, if a person is convicted of parentage fraud, the judge or jury to ascertain the value of any child support paid by the victim in reliance upon the parentage fraud, and to order the defendant to pay restitution of that value of child support to the victim, if not previously restored to the victim; authorizes a victim of parentage fraud to bring a cause of action to recover other financial support made in reliance upon the parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 20; Title 24; Title 26; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 40; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Children - As enacted, requires, if a person is convicted of parentage fraud, the judge or jury to ascertain the value of any child support paid by the victim in reliance upon the parentage fraud, and to order the defendant to pay restitution of that value of child support to the victim, if not previously restored to the victim; authorizes a victim of parentage fraud to bring a cause of action to recover other financial support made in reliance upon the parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 20; Title 24; Title 26; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 40; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2780"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2780 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/389b8f7e-63c5-4bff-b2b8-17d28904e020"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2780&GA=113"
source_hash: "b6dc452d9da577145b0f9f33005735038927737fd89e3377d1bfbf2a6dde7e61"
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 HB 2780 (113) — Children - As enacted, requires, if a person is convicted of parentage fraud, the judge or jury to ascertain the value of any child support paid by the victim in reliance upon the parentage fraud, and to order the defendant to pay restitution of that value of child support to the victim, if not previously restored to the victim; authorizes a victim of parentage fraud to bring a cause of action to recover other financial support made in reliance upon the parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 20; Title 24; Title 26; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 40; Title 68 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0692** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0692.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0637** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0637.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0917** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0917.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2780.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/5/2024 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **264** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2024 Failed — **4443** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024 3/14/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — **876** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Parkinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-02-27** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0692) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0917)
- **2024-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0637)
- **2024-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 896
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/389b8f7e-63c5-4bff-b2b8-17d28904e020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).