# Tennessee SB 1581: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to adult day services. Tennessee SB 1581, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to adult day services., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-28 (Effective date(s) 04/23/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1581-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1581 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to adult day services. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-28, Effective date(s) 04/23/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Welfare - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (157 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New rules for caregivers' short-term relief programs: mixed, low. Effective upon becoming law, Tennessee defines limited respite care programs whose sole purpose is giving primary caregivers a break. Religious institutions or organizations must run these programs for aging adults or adults with limits on daily activities. Participants must function in a group and… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Powers ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/6/2026 | pass | 28 | 1 | | | 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | pass | 88 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-04-28: Effective date(s) 04/23/2026 - 2026-04-28: Pub. Ch. 788 - 2026-04-23: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-09: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0809) (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 6 (House) - 2026-04-02: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0809) (House) - 2026-04-02: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-02-26: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-02-24: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA0809 (Substitute), 2026-04-02: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0809.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0788.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1495.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1581.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to leaving the scene of an accident. 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(signed) ## Sources - [HA0809 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0809.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0788.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1495.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1581.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1581-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).