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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
Signed into Law
Jan 2020
Introduced Feb 5, 2019
Signed Jan 24, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2020 · House Apr 1, 2019
How they voted
19–6
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 29
Jan 14, 2020
D
Democratic5
100% Nay
R
Republican24
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
14
Committee
13
Amendments
2
Jan 24, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Amended
Amendment tabled (Amendment 2 - SA0466)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 20, Nays 6
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
upper
Apr 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Apr 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0123)
lower
Apr 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 22, PNV 3
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2019
upper
Mar 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
upper
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
P2C, ref. to Judiciary-- Government Operations for Review
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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