TN HB 1692
enactedAdoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 1692 pass?
Yes. TN HB 1692 has been enacted into law as of 2026-05-05. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): Pub. Ch. 878
What is TN HB 1692 about?
TN HB 1692 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 1692?
Reneau is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1692.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-21
- Latest action
- 2026-05-05 — Pub. Ch. 878
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Reneauprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-15
Filed for introduction
filing
2026-01-21
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2026-01-22
Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-22
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
2026-03-02
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-03-03
Action Def. in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
2026-03-04
Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
2026-03-04
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-03-10
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2026-03-11
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
2026-03-18
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
2026-03-18
Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
2026-03-25
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
2026-03-25
Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
2026-04-01
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
2026-04-01
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-02
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026
2026-04-02
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-04-08
Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
receipt
2026-04-08
Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 7, PNV 2
passage
2026-04-08
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0980)
amendment-passage
2026-04-08
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-04-09
Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 2, PNV 2
passage
2026-04-09
Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0759)
2026-04-09
Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
substitution
2026-04-09
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
introduction
2026-04-10
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
enrolled
2026-04-14
Signed by H. Speaker
passage
2026-04-15
Signed by Senate Speaker
passage
2026-04-16
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
executive-receipt
2026-04-27
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2026-05-05
Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
2026-05-05
Pub. Ch. 878
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
Votes
HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (4)
2026-03-10 · pass · 5-0
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3)
2026-04-01 · pass · 17-3
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1)
2026-04-08 · pass · 86-7
Member-level votes (2)
- Jones J: not voting
- Salinas: not voting
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026 4/2/2026 (2)
2026-04-08 · fail · 0-0
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1)
2026-04-09 · pass · 25-2
Member-level votes (2)
- Oliver: not voting
- Yarbro: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 1751
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 1692. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.