---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71."
description: "Children - As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Tennessee SB 543 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f116ddf-1cad-43da-9dab-daed8105b81a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0543&GA=113"
source_hash: "63df7801bc7a17ab132155adda91a9f836558fd8d365d7e1eeb71c65e6d07f2f"
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 543 (113) — Children - As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0460** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0460.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0496.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0543.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2023 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2023
- **2023-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2023
- **2023-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0460) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0496)
- **2023-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 452

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f116ddf-1cad-43da-9dab-daed8105b81a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).