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Bill Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15. Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 1989 Tennessee SB 1989 (114)
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Tennessee SB 1989 (114) — Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (2) — 71 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — 7916 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2026 Passed (1) — 276 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rose — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
  • 2026-03-03 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2026-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026
  • 2026-03-12 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-12 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-14 Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 16, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-14 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-15 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-16 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-17 Transmitted to Governor for 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. 846

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eb4003f-b204-4db7-978d-8d6b5c74d46e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).