republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1738.md

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Bill	Adoption - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Foster and Adoptive Parent Protection Act," which generally prohibits the department of children's services from requiring a current or prospective adoptive or foster parent to affirm, accept, or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the parent's sincerely held religious or moral beliefs; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37.	Adoption - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Foster and Adoptive Parent Protection Act," which generally prohibits the department of children's services from requiring a current or prospective adoptive or foster parent to affirm, accept, or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the parent's sincerely held religious or moral beliefs; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1738	Tennessee SB 1738 (113)	bill	Adoption	enacted	Rose	6	30	4	2024-01-10	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/ed6a3e39-b619-4e5a-bfdf-5ca1e12c36ab	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1738&GA=113	0595d0d1c01529def1152c9998ecc5f8b8a97aa9cf71944c9cb046bc6603af4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1738 (113) — Adoption - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Foster and Adoptive Parent Protection Act," which generally prohibits the department of children's services from requiring a current or prospective adoptive or foster parent to affirm, accept, or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the parent's sincerely held religious or moral beliefs; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0696 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0724 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment HA0755 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0673 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment SA0752 (committee substitute) — source
6. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/12/2024 Passed — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2024 Passed — 73–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — 73–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — 25–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rose — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-21 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
• 2024-03-19 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
• 2024-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 passage
• 2024-03-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0673)
• 2024-03-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0752)
• 2024-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0755) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0724) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0696) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-03 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-04-17 Pub. Ch. 677

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed6a3e39-b619-4e5a-bfdf-5ca1e12c36ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).