---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 826"
citation: "Tennessee HB 826 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5fe350-6475-4a3a-8d13-246ac256479f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0826&ga=114"
source_hash: "f2eea1fe9564c9b67467bc229d2dc964d4e8858c8137fee151b9eaaf940594e0"
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 826 (114) — Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0282.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0368.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0400** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0400.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0826.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/26/2025 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 4/15/2025 Passed — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (3) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0282) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0400)
- **2025-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0368)
- **2025-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 & 2 Ayes 83, Nays 5 PNV 2 HB0826
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-08** Pub. Ch. 347

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5fe350-6475-4a3a-8d13-246ac256479f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).