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TN HB 1180

died on adjournment

Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Quick answers

Did TN HB 1180 pass?

No. TN HB 1180 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386

What is TN HB 1180 about?

TN HB 1180 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 1180?

Farmer is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1180.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Farmerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-10

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  3. 2025-02-10

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  4. 2025-02-12

    Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-12

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  7. 2025-03-12

    Sponsor withdrawn.

    sponsorship

  8. 2025-03-18

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-19

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025

  10. 2025-03-26

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025

  11. 2025-03-26

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025

  12. 2025-04-02

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025

  13. 2025-04-02

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025

  14. 2025-04-09

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025

  15. 2025-04-09

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  16. 2025-04-09

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-10

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  18. 2025-04-15

    Comp. SB subst.

  19. 2025-04-15

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  20. 2025-05-13

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/18/2025 Passed

    2025-03-18 · pass · 6-0

  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-04-09 · pass · 19-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Johnson: not voting
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (1)

    2025-04-14 · fail · 0-0

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