---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster Care - As enacted, requires the caseworker for a child who has been placed in foster care to document any objection to the child's placement with a relative that is made by another relative or other interested party; requires the department of children's services to include the number of such objections in its annual report on foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Foster Care - As enacted, requires the caseworker for a child who has been placed in foster care to document any objection to the child's placement with a relative that is made by another relative or other interested party; requires the department of children's services to include the number of such objections in its annual report on foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 874"
citation: "Tennessee HB 874 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Terry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8f99bb-c7ba-417a-899d-397e2810c7fe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0874&GA=112"
source_hash: "154cfe0df3db33b38a71f65f9d993af068aa1cf3e9d378a9ddd840153ac5332b"
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 874 (112) — Foster Care - As enacted, requires the caseworker for a child who has been placed in foster care to document any objection to the child's placement with a relative that is made by another relative or other interested party; requires the department of children's services to include the number of such objections in its annual report on foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0117.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0371.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0874.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0117) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0371)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 414
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 414

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd8f99bb-c7ba-417a-899d-397e2810c7fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).