---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and home-based intervention to promote the mental health, developmental progress, and family stability of children from birth to five years of age and their families. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 68, Chapter 1."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and home-based intervention to promote the mental health, developmental progress, and family stability of children from birth to five years of age and their families. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 68, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2153"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2153 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06829e11-5025-4649-8b3e-00825f5e5634"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2153&ga=114"
source_hash: "1a361880d2c5993498d7b4ad6e5b068d94b02d9ba37a3017969ec9392150b3c8"
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 2153 (114) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and home-based intervention to promote the mental health, developmental progress, and family stability of children from birth to five years of age and their families. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

## 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/SB2153.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (2) — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2026 Passed (1) — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **71–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- **2026-02-25** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 17, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/21/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-01** Pub. Ch. 800

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06829e11-5025-4649-8b3e-00825f5e5634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).