republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2078.md

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Bill	Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, implements penalties for certain offenses for beneficiaries of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program and food stamp program; removes an exemption from the TANF work requirement; removes the requirement that the TANF maximum payment standard must not increase when a caregiver relative becomes pregnant while receiving assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.	Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, implements penalties for certain offenses for beneficiaries of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program and food stamp program; removes an exemption from the TANF work requirement; removes the requirement that the TANF maximum payment standard must not increase when a caregiver relative becomes pregnant while receiving assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2078	Tennessee SB 2078 (113)	bill	Dept. of Human Services	enacted	Johnson	1	21	4	2024-01-29	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/33b822b0-88e3-48e7-a31a-9603e47fcea5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2078&GA=113	948f3b89e0b9ce214b312417ffc5a286782c32c350cd7db6d0697269cc9e2b54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2078 (113) — Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, implements penalties for certain offenses for beneficiaries of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program and food stamp program; removes an exemption from the TANF work requirement; removes the requirement that the TANF maximum payment standard must not increase when a caregiver relative becomes pregnant while receiving assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Failed — 58–32 (fail) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/14/2024 Passed (2) — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — 26–6 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — 71–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee passage
• 2024-02-01 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-07 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/14/2024
• 2024-02-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
• 2024-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-02-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 passage
• 2024-02-26 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-03-04 Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-03-26 Pub. Ch. 570

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33b822b0-88e3-48e7-a31a-9603e47fcea5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).