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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Foster Care - As enacted, requires each LEA to designate a foster care liaison to collaborate with the department of children's services to address educational barriers for students in foster care and to facilitate compliance with applicable state and federal laws; allows each LEA to appoint a building point of contact in each elementary, middle, and high school to coordinate with the foster care liaison. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
+description: "Foster Care - As enacted, requires each LEA to designate a foster care liaison to collaborate with the department of children's services to address educational barriers for students in foster care and to facilitate compliance with applicable state and federal laws; allows each LEA to appoint a building point of contact in each elementary, middle, and high school to coordinate with the foster care liaison. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2309"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2309 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Foster Care"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Walley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-01"
+last_action: "2022-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4274b6fa-d86d-44b8-881f-3f9795a489be"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2309&GA=112"
+source_hash: "326a5b45607af60af649e3e92ab1e7e640850625edc2deb47f5a7a0b6df311b9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 2309 (112) — Foster Care - As enacted, requires each LEA to designate a foster care liaison to collaborate with the department of children's services to address educational barriers for students in foster care and to facilitate compliance with applicable state and federal laws; allows each LEA to appoint a building point of contact in each elementary, middle, and high school to coordinate with the foster care liaison. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0556** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0556.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0666** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0666.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2309.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Walley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
+- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-01** Refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2022-03-01** Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
+- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
+- **2022-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0556) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
+- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
+- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0666)
+- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/11/22
+- **2022-04-11** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 88, Nays 2 PNV 2 HB2621
+- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
+- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 951
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4274b6fa-d86d-44b8-881f-3f9795a489be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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