Tennessee Senate bill in Session 114.
Status: failed. Latest action: March 11, 2026.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to child care.
ON MARCH 13, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1012, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 adds that t he commissioner of human services must develop an attestation form that may be used by a primary caregiver for the purpose of attesting, under penalty of perjury, to the primary caregiver's direct family bloodline to a child enrolled in the primary caregiver's child care agency, indicating that the child is related to the primary caregiver as a half-niece or half-nephew. The commissioner must make the a ttestation form available in a downloadable format for free on the department's public website.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-11 | Status | failed |
| 2026-03-11 | Latest Action | Failed for lack of second in: Health Subcommittee |