republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2559.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Day Care - As enacted, increases the authorized operation times/days for drop-in centers from \"not to exceed 14 hours per week and for not more than seven hours per day for any individual child during regular working hours\" to \"not to exceed 18 hours per week and for not more than nine hours per day during regular working hours.\" - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
description: "Day Care - As enacted, increases the authorized operation times/days for drop-in centers from \"not to exceed 14 hours per week and for not more than seven hours per day for any individual child during regular working hours\" to \"not to exceed 18 hours per week and for not more than nine hours per day during regular working hours.\" - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2559"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2559 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8399e8fa-8a1f-4409-b062-7c52af7b0263"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2559&GA=112"
source_hash: "40dee07136c603a5365df8a0f8b7bab4ee0789e736315f1a63659bcbf070e3a7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 2559 (112) — Day Care - As enacted, increases the authorized operation times/days for drop-in centers from "not to exceed 14 hours per week and for not more than seven hours per day for any individual child during regular working hours" to "not to exceed 18 hours per week and for not more than nine hours per day during regular working hours." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0784** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0784.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0625.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2559.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0625)
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-31** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0784) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 892
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 892

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8399e8fa-8a1f-4409-b062-7c52af7b0263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).