Bill Commons

TN SB 1850

enacted

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.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

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Did TN SB 1850 pass?

Yes. TN SB 1850 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-24): Pub. Ch. 703

What is TN SB 1850 about?

TN SB 1850 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 1850?

Rose is the primary sponsor of TN SB 1850.

Introduced
2026-01-22
Latest action
2026-04-24 — Pub. Ch. 703
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Roseprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-24

    Pub. Ch. 703

  2. 2026-04-24

    Effective date(s) 04/14/2026

  3. 2026-04-14

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-04-02

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  5. 2026-04-02

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  6. 2026-04-01

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  7. 2026-04-01

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  8. 2026-03-30

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  9. 2026-03-30

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0771)

    amendment-withdrawal

  10. 2026-03-30

    Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0

    passage

  11. 2026-03-05

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  12. 2026-03-03

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  13. 2026-03-02

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0520)

  14. 2026-03-02

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0

    passage

  15. 2026-03-02

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  16. 2026-02-27

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026

  17. 2026-02-24

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  18. 2026-02-18

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026

  19. 2026-02-02

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  20. 2026-01-22

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  21. 2026-01-21

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/24/2026 Passed (2)

    2026-02-24 · pass · 9-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-03-02 · pass · 32-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-03-30 · pass · 91-0

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