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

SB 1287: Welfare - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent or caretaker enter a personal responsibility plan that requires a child to attend school and receive immunizations and health checks; removes certain requirements for a parent or caretaker regarding personal responsibility plans; removes a 20 percent reduction in temporary assistance payments for failure to comply with certain personal responsibility plan requirements. - Amends TCA Title 71.

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

SB 1287 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Welfare - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent or caretaker enter a personal responsibility plan that requires a child to attend school and receive immunizations and health checks; removes certain requirements for a parent or caretaker regarding personal responsibility plans; removes a 20 percent reduction in temporary assistance payments for failure to comply with certain personal responsibility plan requirements. - Amends TCA Title 71. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (April 4, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 81.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. 81
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
  4. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  5. Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/5/2025
  6. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
  7. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  8. Filed for introduction

Sources

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