# Tennessee HB 1692: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to adoption.

Tennessee HB 1692, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to adoption., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 04/27/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1692
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to adoption.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: Adoption
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (133 yes, 12 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Some adoptive parents can skip home studies: benefit, low. Effective when it became law, Tennessee courts can waive adoption home studies for prospective parents not related to the child. The child must have lived in their home for at least 12 months. An authorized court must have granted them custody through a final order after fully deciding the case on…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Torrey C. Harris (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin J. Pearson (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 | pass | 25 | 2 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 | pass | 86 | 7 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-01 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 17 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0980 (Substitute), 2026-04-08: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0980.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0878.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1692.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1692.pdf)
- SA0759: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0759.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0980 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0980.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0878.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1692.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1692.pdf)
- [SA0759 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0759.pdf)

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- [HB 1690: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1690-2025-2026)
- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
- [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026)
- [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026)
- [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1692-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).