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HB0936 • 2026

Day Care

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to child care.

Children
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Glynn, Oliver
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
Failed for lack of second in: Health Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so there are no further details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties for false attestations.

Child Care Attestation Form for Family Relationships

This bill requires the commissioner of human services to create an attestation form that primary caregivers can use to prove their family relationship with children in their care, specifically if the child is a half-niece or half-nephew.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the commissioner of human services to develop an attestation form for primary caregivers to attest under penalty of perjury to their direct bloodline relationship with a child they are caring for as a half-niece or half-nephew.
  • Specifies that this form must be made available in a downloadable format for free on the department's public website.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Primary caregivers who have nieces or nephews of whole or half-blood in their care
  • The commissioner of human services

Terms To Know

Attestation form
A document used to confirm a statement is true under penalty of perjury.
Primary caregiver
The main person responsible for taking care of children in a child care agency.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It's not clear how this bill would be enforced or what happens if someone lies on the form.
  • This bill did not pass and was stopped in committee, so it has no legal effect.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to SB1012

Plain English: The amendment requires the Tennessee Department of Human Services to create and provide an attestation form that primary caregivers can use to prove their family relationship to children in their care.

  • Adds a new section to Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, instructing the commissioner of human services to develop an attestation form for primary caregivers.
  • The form will be used by primary caregivers to attest under penalty of perjury that they are related to children in their care as half-nieces or half-nephews.
  • The amendment does not specify how the attestation process will work beyond providing a downloadable form.
  • It is unclear what actions, if any, primary caregivers must take after completing and submitting the form.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed for lack of second in: Health Subcommittee

  2. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  3. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  4. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  5. 2026-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/4/2026

  6. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/18/2026

  7. 2026-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  8. 2026-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Health Committee

  9. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  10. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  11. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  12. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6

  13. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0102)

  14. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025

  15. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  16. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/5/2025

  17. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/5/2025

  18. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2025

  19. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  20. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  21. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  22. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  23. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  24. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 1012
By Oliver

HOUSE BILL 936
By Glynn

HB0936
001073
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71,
Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to child care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-3-501(12), is amended by
deleting the language "siblings of the whole or half-blood, step-siblings, nieces, nephews" and
substituting instead "siblings of the whole or half-blood, step-siblings, nieces or nephews of the
whole or half-blood,".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.