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

HB 2350: Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.

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 2350 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415. Primary sponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 802.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mary LittletonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse78

“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. 802
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. Sponsor(s) Added.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
  6. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  8. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  9. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  10. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
  11. Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
  12. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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