Tennessee General Assembly· HB 386Comp. SB subst.

Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter, the official text

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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 420

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 262

                                                     By Haile, Kyle, Yager

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 386

                             By Butler, Stinnett, Reeves, Bulso, Reneau, Eldridge, Hurt

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11,
          Part 2, relative to voluntary surrender of an infant.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL-ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-1-102(1)(A)(v), is amended by deleting
"fourteen (14)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-1-142(a), is amended by deleting
"fourteen (14)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-255(a)(4), is amended by deleting
"fourteen (14)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-255(a)(6), is amended by deleting
"fourteen (14)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".

          SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-255(b)(1)(A), is amended by
deleting "fourteen-day period" and substituting "forty-five-day period".

          SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 262

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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                                SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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             BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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