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

SB 1850: 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.

Enacted Last action April 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 703

Plain-language summary

SB 1850 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 21, 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: Paul Rose (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2026): Pub. Ch. 703.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Paul Rose (Republican).