Tennessee Senate Bill 559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 23 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 409
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, provides that if a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a pending adoption proceeding, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the guardian ad litem's fees will be divided equally between the parties, excluding the person being adopted; specifies that if a party is found by the court to be indigent, the guardian ad litem will charge that party's portion of the fees to the state through the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system, and bill the remaining parties at the same hourly rate as paid by the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.

As enacted, provides that if a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a pending adoption proceeding, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the guardian ad litem's fees will be divided equally between the parties, excluding the person being adopted; specifies that if a party is found by the court to be indigent, the guardian ad litem will charge that party's portion of the fees to the state through the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system, and bill the remaining parties at the same hourly rate as paid by the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.

Sen. Jack Johnson [R]

2019-05-02 - House - FLOOR VOTE: FINAL CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 80 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-30 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration (Y: 28 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-23 - Senate - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-23		Pub. Ch. 409
2019-05-23		Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
2019-05-21	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2019-05-13	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2019-05-10	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2019-05-09	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2019-05-06	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2019-05-02	House	Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 0, PNV 0
2019-05-02	House	Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0348)
2019-05-02	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2019-04-30	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2019-04-30	Senate	Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0
2019-04-30	Senate	Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0411)
2019-04-25	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
2019-04-23	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2019-04-17	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
2019-02-07	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2019-02-06	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2019-02-04	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0628 (Crossfiled) 2019-05-23 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 409

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0559&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0559.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/111/pub/pc0409.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0411.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/SB0559.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/FM0910.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0559&ga=111