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type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 957"
citation: "Tennessee HB 957 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e97c14b-d228-4e14-82d9-31e86fcd1386"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0957&ga=114"
source_hash: "2e6502e734a088b1dc824380dd42c40f58d36ecd521be019d49e18a9f1503ae1"
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 957 (114) — State Employees - As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0576.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0577.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0578.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0552** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0552.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0957.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY SLATER PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed — **911** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **7813** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **201** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/11/2026 Passed — **60** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 2/19/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY LEATHERWOOD PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed — **6624** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Slater — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 13, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0576) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-02-23** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0578) `amendment-deferral`
- **2026-02-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0577) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0552)
- **2026-03-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- **2026-03-30** Pub. Ch. 621
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e97c14b-d228-4e14-82d9-31e86fcd1386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).