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SB 1850 TN
Became Law

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN · session 114 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 21, 2026

Latest action (Apr 24, 2026) Pub. Ch. 703

Sponsor (1)

  • Rose Republican · primary

Action history (21)

  1. Jan 21, 2026 Filed for introduction · lower
  2. Jan 22, 2026 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration · lower
  3. Feb 2, 2026 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee · upper
  4. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026 · lower
  5. Feb 24, 2026 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 · upper
  6. Feb 27, 2026 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026 · lower
  7. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House · lower
  8. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 · upper
  9. Mar 2, 2026 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0520) · lower
  10. Mar 3, 2026 Sponsor(s) Added. · lower
  11. Mar 5, 2026 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. · lower
  12. Mar 30, 2026 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 · lower
  13. Mar 30, 2026 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0771) · lower
  14. Mar 30, 2026 Subst. for comp. HB. · lower
  15. Apr 1, 2026 Signed by Senate Speaker · upper
  16. Apr 1, 2026 Enrolled and ready for signatures · lower
  17. Apr 2, 2026 Transmitted to Governor for action. · lower
  18. Apr 2, 2026 Signed by H. Speaker · lower
  19. Apr 14, 2026 Signed by Governor. · lower
  20. Apr 24, 2026 Effective date(s) 04/14/2026 · lower
  21. Apr 24, 2026 Pub. Ch. 703 · lower
Subjects
Children's ServicesDept. of

Text versions (3)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Current Version · PDF
  • Amendment SA0520 · PDF
  • Amendment HA0771 · PDF

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