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Bill Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1692 Tennessee HB 1692 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1692 (114) — Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0980 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0759 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed (1) — 867 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — 252 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (3) — 173 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (4) — 50 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Reneau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-15 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-21 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-01-22 Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
  • 2026-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-03 Action Def. in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-10 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
  • 2026-03-25 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
  • 2026-04-01 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
  • 2026-04-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-02 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026
  • 2026-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-08 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-08 Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 7, PNV 2 passage
  • 2026-04-08 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0980) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-09 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 2, PNV 2 passage
  • 2026-04-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0759)
  • 2026-04-09 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-09 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-15 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-05 Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
  • 2026-05-05 Pub. Ch. 878

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4d21534-3afa-463d-9dd3-47a6547299a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).