Tennessee · 114

SB 1005

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.

Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-bill/853551d1-008d-489a-b978-50134fb066d1 CC0-1.0

Summary AI-generated

Tennessee SB 1005 allows petitioners to include all children in a single adoption petition when seeking to adopt multiple children simultaneously, unless a court orders separate filings in the children's best interest. The bill also mandates that the clerk of court charge only one filing fee for such combined petitions. It amends TCA Titles 18, 36, and 37.

Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Issue tags AI-classified

Classified by a local model from the bill's text; confidence shown. GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Sponsors

Roll-call votes on this bill

Motion / questionChamberStageRollOutcomeYeaNayOtherDateSource
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2025 Passed (1) upper 39abad74-702b-4aa7-9f70-8cdc1a1d5712 pass 0 0 0 Apr 17, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/39abad74-702b-4aa7-9f70-8cdc1a1d5712 CC0-1.0
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION… lower af522f0e-f51b-40e1-b0c6-9ab879c2a628 pass 0 0 4 Apr 15, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/af522f0e-f51b-40e1-b0c6-9ab879c2a628 CC0-1.0
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (2) upper 830cba99-edf7-46c8-863b-d8e0cc68b923 pass 0 0 0 Mar 27, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/830cba99-edf7-46c8-863b-d8e0cc68b923 CC0-1.0
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar… upper 509a8411-e42a-48fa-8dee-b91d608bb654 pass 0 0 0 Mar 18, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/509a8411-e42a-48fa-8dee-b91d608bb654 CC0-1.0