Tennessee Senate Bill 1725 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-09 - Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, adds as a ground for termination of parental rights a finding by a court that a parent committed an act of nonconsensual sexual penetration from which act the child was conceived; gives the other parent standing to file a petition for termination of parental rights of the offending parent; includes a finding by a court that a parent committed an act of nonconsensual sexual penetration from which act the child was conceived as a basis for denial of custody, visitation, and inheritance rights. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Title 36, Chapter 6.

As introduced, adds as a ground for termination of parental rights a finding by a court that a parent committed an act of nonconsensual sexual penetration from which act the child was conceived; gives the other parent standing to file a petition for termination of parental rights of the offending parent; includes a finding by a court that a parent committed an act of nonconsensual sexual penetration from which act the child was conceived as a basis for denial of custody, visitation, and inheritance rights. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Title 36, Chapter 6.

Sen. Sara Kyle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-09	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 12/1/2020
2020-06-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
2020-06-02	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 6/9/2020
2020-06-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
2020-03-17	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee
2020-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
2020-03-10	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
2020-01-23	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2020-01-22	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-01-17	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2081 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-27 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Families Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1725&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1725.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/SB1725.pdf