TN HB0759 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-04-18 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-04-18 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, requires the department to employ a guardian ad litem within each region of the state to advocate for each child who is in the custody of the department due to allegations of dependency and neglect and located within the region that the guardian ad litem serves; requires the guardians ad litem to review dependency and neglect cases of children who have been in the custody of the department for six months to determine whether termination of parental rights should be filed and, if so, file a petition within 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to the department of children's services.
Sponsors
Rep. Rick Eldridge [R] | Rep. Torrey Harris [D] | Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes [R] | Rep. Gino Bulso [R] |
Rep. Yusuf Hakeem [D] | Rep. William Slater [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2023-04-18 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
2023-04-12 | House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023 |
2023-03-29 | House | Placed behind the budget |
2023-03-22 | House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2023 |
2023-03-22 | House | Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
2023-03-15 | House | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
2023-03-13 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
2023-03-08 | House | Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/15/2023 |
2023-03-07 | House | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
2023-03-01 | House | Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/7/2023 |
2023-02-16 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
2023-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee |
2023-02-06 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
2023-02-02 | House | P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
2023-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
2023-01-30 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0544 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-23 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee