---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3."
description: "Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1663 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of", "Human Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aadfc970-84ae-4b0a-9011-3f52a80695f5"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1663&ga=114"
source_hash: "4003460034d431b131b6e6cf278ac1895c151b32ae46d6e3ccb22ab53fec3a2a"
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 1663 (114) — Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1663.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/11/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/2/2026 2/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/26/2026
- **2026-02-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 747

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aadfc970-84ae-4b0a-9011-3f52a80695f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).