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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 703
SENATE BILL NO. 1850
By Rose, Pody
Substituted for: House Bill No. 2283
By Garringer, Reneau
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to placement of children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-186, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(d) A court that issues an order granting custody or guardianship of a child to a
person who qualifies as a relative caregiver shall not require the relative caregiver to provide
the child with the child's own bedroom, unless there are specific safety or medical reasons
that would make placement of the child with another child unsafe.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-414, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(f) In determining whether placement of a child with a relative for kinship foster care is
in the best interest of a child, the department shall not require the relative to provide the child
with the child's own bedroom, unless there are specific safety or medical reasons that would
make placement of the child with another child unsafe.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1850
PASSED: March 30, 2026
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