---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1692"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1692 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reneau"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d21534-3afa-463d-9dd3-47a6547299a3"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1692&ga=114"
source_hash: "c568d0100d63a78f64d0b66fb52f3a0a5f304fcf03654c9badeda39d3b821586"
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 1692 (114) — Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - 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 HA0980** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0980.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0759** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0759.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1692.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (4) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reneau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 7, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0980) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0759)
- **2026-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 878

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d21534-3afa-463d-9dd3-47a6547299a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).