Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2283: Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.

In committee Last action April 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703

Plain-language summary

HB 2283 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37. Primary sponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican).