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

HB 1966: Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a statewide quality assurance program to ensure quality control through monitoring, evaluation, and feedback on the performance of the best practices in the service delivery system and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data in outcomes-based approaches at the regional level. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1966 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a statewide quality assurance program to ensure quality control through monitoring, evaluation, and feedback on the performance of the best practices in the service delivery system and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data in outcomes-based approaches at the regional level. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5. Primary sponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1075.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew FarmerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1075
  2. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2026
  3. H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/22/2026
  4. Comp. SB subst.
  5. Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee
  6. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
  7. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  8. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026
  10. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
  11. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  12. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source