---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, designates certain licensing periods as provisional licensing periods; requires the department to establish and implement a quality assessment and rating system to evaluate child care agencies; makes various other changes relative to licensing of child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
description: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, designates certain licensing periods as provisional licensing periods; requires the department to establish and implement a quality assessment and rating system to evaluate child care agencies; makes various other changes relative to licensing of child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "Tennessee SB 749 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71948c37-a088-4759-b802-9e8bfa10167d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0749&GA=112"
source_hash: "805a9ed4db6b97e4ebb0981920beff51d244b7d95ca21b0b2706c05929a3e1b9"
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 749 (112) — Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, designates certain licensing periods as provisional licensing periods; requires the department to establish and implement a quality assessment and rating system to evaluate child care agencies; makes various other changes relative to licensing of child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 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/SB0749.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/2/2021 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/24/2021 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/24/2021
- **2021-02-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 05/03/2021; 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 280
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 280

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71948c37-a088-4759-b802-9e8bfa10167d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).