Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

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.

Enacted Last action May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 386

Plain-language summary

SB 1005 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Pub. Ch. 386.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican).