---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2262"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2262 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin G"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67a49d3c-347c-4e20-98c1-589bced6781b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2262&ga=114"
source_hash: "89ad63287044f298facd426ee439051e17c234db02aa923f59f820fc079c3ace"
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 2262 (114) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0767** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0767.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0767** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0767.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2262.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/17/2026 Passed (4) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin G — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0767)
- **2026-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0767) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** 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) 01/01/2027
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 762

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67a49d3c-347c-4e20-98c1-589bced6781b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).