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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, requires the commissioner of human services to designate a specific departmental staff person to serve, in addition to the staff person's other duties, as a liaison to provide an official, uniform message to child care providers, community stakeholders, department child care staff, and partner agencies, using all appropriate channels of communication. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
description: "Children - As enacted, requires the commissioner of human services to designate a specific departmental staff person to serve, in addition to the staff person's other duties, as a liaison to provide an official, uniform message to child care providers, community stakeholders, department child care staff, and partner agencies, using all appropriate channels of communication. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 670"
citation: "Tennessee HB 670 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01210c71-d759-4e3d-855e-1bbd9c95a5e8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0670&GA=112"
source_hash: "55c6e974b407b844d96f4177b8614f49aad128e824b496f36c4c8291f9803d4a"
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 670 (112) — Children - As enacted, requires the commissioner of human services to designate a specific departmental staff person to serve, in addition to the staff person's other duties, as a liaison to provide an official, uniform message to child care providers, community stakeholders, department child care staff, and partner agencies, using all appropriate channels of communication. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0281.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0294.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0670.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 Failed (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/30/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Freeman — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0281) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0294)
- **2021-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 406
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 406
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01210c71-d759-4e3d-855e-1bbd9c95a5e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).