---
type: "Bill"
title: "Welfare - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to respite care services, including, but not limited to, increasing the number of hours an adult may attend a limited respite care services program from 12 to 16 hours in any one week, and authorizing such a program to provide care services for up to 20 adults at the same time, rather than 15. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2."
description: "Welfare - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to respite care services, including, but not limited to, increasing the number of hours an adult may attend a limited respite care services program from 12 to 16 hours in any one week, and authorizing such a program to provide care services for up to 20 adults at the same time, rather than 15. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1581"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1581 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96ee07f2-2fb7-4769-88a5-42e495d7962c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1581&ga=114"
source_hash: "3ae2b000af12208fecef09580a77e31d16510f9c6c5169e417a2d5045dd59749"
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 1581 (114) — Welfare - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to respite care services, including, but not limited to, increasing the number of hours an adult may attend a limited respite care services program from 12 to 16 hours in any one week, and authorizing such a program to provide care services for up to 20 adults at the same time, rather than 15. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0809** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0809.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1581.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/6/2026 Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0809) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0809) `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 788

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96ee07f2-2fb7-4769-88a5-42e495d7962c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).