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Bill Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415. Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 2165 Tennessee SB 2165 (114)
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Tennessee SB 2165 (114) — Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.

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 (1) — 71 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2026 Passed — 274 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — 7716 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Haile — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
  • 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
  • 2026-03-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
  • 2026-03-16 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-16 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 4 passage
  • 2026-03-19 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-06 Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 16, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-06 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-08 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-15 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-05 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
  • 2026-05-05 Pub. Ch. 802

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78cc7aa2-90c6-4ec7-9682-892cc481499d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).