---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, outlines a relative caregiver program for foster care; authorizes the department to implement an extension of the foster care program to provide services to youth transitioning from state custody to adulthood. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2 and Title 37, Chapter 5."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, outlines a relative caregiver program for foster care; authorizes the department to implement an extension of the foster care program to provide services to youth transitioning from state custody to adulthood. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2 and Title 37, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2145"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2145 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2456302-f1bc-416c-998c-24279793dc5b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2145&GA=112"
source_hash: "7eb7a10eea3f2d4d878ef418ca22d2e3aa4842906cefc947d8281d72dfe47ff2"
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 HB 2145 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, outlines a relative caregiver program for foster care; authorizes the department to implement an extension of the foster care program to provide services to youth transitioning from state custody to adulthood. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2 and Title 37, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2145.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/28/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/16/2022 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 785
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022, 01/01/2023
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 785

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2456302-f1bc-416c-998c-24279793dc5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).