---
type: "Bill"
title: "Day Care - As enacted, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71."
description: "Day Care - As enacted, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2374"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2374 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840c7586-ac67-4840-b4a8-9a70383fbeb0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2374&GA=113"
source_hash: "9c701ae00f43912b51303b7eb80182c54ae3fc79bcc3502460caa2df1d224282"
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 2374 (113) — Day Care - As enacted, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.

## 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/113/Bill/SB2374.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/14/2024 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/06/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 938

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840c7586-ac67-4840-b4a8-9a70383fbeb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).