---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, working jointly with the higher education commission, the board of regents, and public institutions of higher education, to establish a foster care youth outreach pilot program at a minimum of five public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, working jointly with the higher education commission, the board of regents, and public institutions of higher education, to establish a foster care youth outreach pilot program at a minimum of five public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "Tennessee SB 722 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6abc5dc-3f87-4c4d-8d23-d36d66d508e6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0722&GA=112"
source_hash: "4cc0e5f8adf94336a6a389a82bf223e60f9a36193f083ce84de0d1a8a922ac19"
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 722 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, working jointly with the higher education commission, the board of regents, and public institutions of higher education, to establish a foster care youth outreach pilot program at a minimum of five public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

## 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/SB0722.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/27/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2021 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/23/2021 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to Lottery Calendar
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-21** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 547
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 547

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6abc5dc-3f87-4c4d-8d23-d36d66d508e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).