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

SB 314: Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1.

Enacted Last action May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 163

Plain-language summary

SB 314 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1. Primary sponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Pub. Ch. 163.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democratic).